Fürst, now 92, is one of a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors able to share first-person accounts of the horrors they endured, as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ most notorious death camp. Fürst is returning to Auschwitz for the annual occasion, his fourth trip to the camp.
When Teresa Regula arrived at Auschwitz as a 16-year-old, the first real pain she experienced was of her ears burning. "They shaved us down to bare skin, and it was a scorching hot day, August 4... That was the first authentic pain I felt,
Jan. 27, marks International Holocaust Day. NBC News' Jay Gray reports from Auschwitz, where the 80th anniversary of its liberation will bring forth memories and messages that resonate today.
Photos of the bearded Robert Keith Packer wearing a hoodie with the Nazi SS skull and Auschwitz 'Work Brings Freedom' slogan went viral after Jan. 6
A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in San Francisco recounts the horrors of the Lodz Ghetto and the concentration camps. She also has advice.
“We must pass the torch to the young,” said Marek Dunin-Wasowicz, who was in the Polish resistance, and survived the death marches at 15 to testify 75 years later in the trial of the SS guard Bruno Dey, one of the last of its kind.
Wallfisch is the last surviving member of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz — her son tells her extraordinary story
Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on November 3, 1943, when he was 12.
Seattle-based Music of Remembrance is honoring those who died in the Holocaust with a concert of music written and performed inside Auschwitz.
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The Lost Music of Auschwitz' and 'The Last Musician of Auschwitz' air in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp where more than 1.1 million people lost their lives.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz star Jonah Hauer-King has said the upcoming documentary in which Gary Sokolov retraces the journey of his parents is “inspiring and surprising and gives me some hope for humanity.”