Holocaust Remembrance Day: March takes leaders, mourners to Auschwitz

Danon: 'This is the same hate as 80 years ago; then there were swastikas, today keffiyehs'

Israel's Ambassador to UN Danny Danon says that once you go into Auschwitz you walk out a different person: 'we are lucky that there are still survivors who can share what happened here.'

The memorial of the former Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz in Poland restricts the admission of tickets due to the large number of visitors. From May, free tickets for individual visitors should only be available in advance via the official website, according to a notice.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: March takes leaders, mourners to Auschwitz

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The Polish and Israeli presidents joined thousands of Israeli youth and others in an annual march Thursday at the former Auschwitz death camp on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Holocaust survivors march in Auschwitz 80 years after camp's liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland - Thousands of people marched through the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp in Poland on Thursday in an annual ceremony organisers said would be joined by 80 Holocaust survivors to mark the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Gov. Phil Murphy isn't in NJ as he marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Poland

People may have noted the absence of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy during the response to the massive Ocean County wildfire this week. It was acting Gov. Tahesha Way – the state’s lieutenant governor — not Murphy who signed Wednesday’s state of emergency in response to the Jones Road Wildfire. However, Murphy continued to post on social media about the fire — from Poland. That’s because the second-term Democrat and his wife, first lady Tammy Murph…

'I remember them every day': Holocaust survivors return to death camps 80 years after liberation

Arnold Klebbs opens the door and apologizes for not hearing the knock. He was busy with carpentry. At 92, he looks excellent, completely independent, articulate, and clear-minded. He recently celebrated his birthday, but for him, the real celebration comes on May 5, the day he was liberated 80 years ago from the Birkenau camp with other survivors by the American Army. This year, he feels particularly emotional about returning for the first time …