LIVE: 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
LIVE: 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Survivor Tova Friedman, one of the youngest survivors: “desperate cries haunt me to this day,” Auschwitz survivor, 86 tells world leaders at memorial
Elderly survivors of Nazi Germany’s horrors during World War II mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi extermination and labour camp, by the Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945.
Commemorations have begun to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
About 50 survivors have returned to the site to lay wreaths and candles, and some will later give speeches at a service with King Charles and world leaders.
Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1990 was practically deserted.
For 45 years since its liberation from the Nazis there had been no mass tourism since Poland, as one of the Warsaw Pact countries in the Soviet sphere, had been largely cut off from much of the world.
Survivors are taking turns, laying candles at the base of what is known as the death wall in Auschwitz I.
Kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers are taking part in today’s commemorations in impressive numbers, but the Polish organisers have made clear they want to focus on the dwindling number of survivors.
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