A photographer walked the railroad tracks that led to Auschwitz and saw the ‘darkness of the past’
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Oded Balilty started with the AP as a freelancer in Jerusalem in 2002. He became a full-time staffer in 2005 and won the Pulitzer in ’07 for breaking news. Based in Tel Aviv, he is chief photographer/editor for Israel, West Bank and Gaza.
Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 80 years after its liberation
Survivors Mark Auschwitz 80th Liberation Anniversary
Memorializing the Holocaust Needs to Go Beyond Auschwitz
That creates risks: the Holocaust didn’t begin with mass murder. The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination. Millions of regular Germans—and Europeans more broadly—facilitated or silently accepted these actions.
American Holocaust survivor returns to Auschwitz for the first time
Ruth Cohen, a 94-year-old American Holocaust survivor, returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for the first time. She recalled seeing family members before they were separated for the last time at the camp.
Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz
Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out
World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.
At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.
Auschwitz survivors the focus of ceremony to mark 80 years since camp's liberation, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.
Auschwitz Survivors Mark 80th Anniversary of Liberation From Nazi Death Camp
In all, the Nazi regime murdered 6 million Jews from all over Europe, annihilating two-thirds of Europe’s Jews and one-third of all Jews worldwide. In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Holocaust survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.
Avi Benlolo: At the Auschwitz memorial, a profound sense of failure
I have visited Auschwitz more than 13 times, primarily leading delegations of non-Jewish leaders. Yet this visit felt especially poignant, marked by the passage of time and the weight of remembrance.
Defaced Auschwitz survivor mural finds new home at Rome’s Shoah Museum
After multiple acts of vandalism, a mural of Italian Auschwitz survivors has been preserved by Rome’s Shoah Museum.