News about the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

City reflects on evil that man does

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:23:15 GMT

City reflects on evil that man does
Yorkshire Evening Post, UK - 10 hours ago
Around 600 were at Leeds Town Hall yesterday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. ...

Archbishop of Canterbury joins Liverpool Holocaust memorial

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:27:49 GMT

Archbishop of Canterbury joins Liverpool Holocaust memorial
ChristianToday, UK - 11 hours ago
The special service was held to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. Dr Williams was joined by leaders from several ...

Tears as Coventry remembers holocaust

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:25:43 GMT

Tears as Coventry remembers holocaust
ic Coventry, UK - 11 hours ago
Her mother Rosa and many of her family died in Auschwitz. "This is a very special day for holocaust survivors," she said. "It is a time to reflect and ...

Jewish Community in Komarno Launches Educational Programme

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:28:42 GMT

Jewish Community in Komarno Launches Educational Programme
SK Today, Slovakia - 12 hours ago
... resolution of the United Nations, who chose the date of January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945.

Book on Jewish resistance fighters presented in Prague

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:27:13 GMT

Book on Jewish resistance fighters presented in Prague
Prague Daily Monitor, Czech Republic - 12 hours ago
The day commemorates the liberation of the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) Nazi extermination camp in Poland on January 27, 1945. "The public generally suppose that ...

Nazi Death Train Exhibit Opens in Berlin Station

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:57:19 GMT

Nazi Death Train Exhibit Opens in Berlin Station
Deutsche Welle, Germany - 3 hours ago
... detail the fate of, among others, 11400 Jewish children who were deported from France to the Auschwitz death camp by train between 1942 and 1944. ...

PUPILS SET UP DISPLAY FOR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:57:20 GMT

PUPILS SET UP DISPLAY FOR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
This is North Scotland, UK - 3 hours ago
Moray youngsters who made a harrowing visit to Auschwitz have compiled a display to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Twins Anna and Elizabeth Patterson, 17, ...

Survivor teaches Holocaust lesson

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:57:20 GMT

Survivor teaches Holocaust lesson
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
"To name but a few, Cambodia, Bosnia and today, now, this minute, what's happening in Darfur in the Sudan. "And the last reason is to try to counteract any ...

Cataloguing the past

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:57:40 GMT

Cataloguing the past
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago
This Sunday is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. ...

Thamesmead remembers the Holocaust

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:31:39 GMT

Thamesmead remembers the Holocaust
News Shopper, UK - 11 minutes ago
Testimony - The Heartstone Auschwitz Memorial Photographic Exhibition - depicts Auschwitz as it is today and images include the ruins of the gas chambers, ...

Photos recall a journey to death

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:31:39 GMT

Photos recall a journey to death
Journal Live, UK - 1 hour ago
His black and white photographs include images of Auschwitz, as well as photos he took last year at the Polish death camps of Treblinka, Sobibor and Belzec. ...

Prayers and songs mark launch of holocaust memorial events

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:31:40 GMT

Prayers and songs mark launch of holocaust memorial events
Liverpool Daily Post, UK - 1 hour ago
Liverpool’s Lord Mayor, Cllr Paul Clark, who recently visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, said: “The Anne Frank Festival will be second to ...

US Holocaust Museum Unveils 116 Photos

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:18:11 GMT

US Holocaust Museum Unveils 116 Photos
The Associated Press - Sep 19, 2007
The so-called Auschwitz Album is a compilation of pictures taken by SS photographers in spring 1944 and discovered by a survivor in another camp. ...