Auschwitz

Faces of Evil: Hitler’s death camp women revealed in new online project

Entitled ‘Women working for the SS’ the project tells the shocking story of how the women were able to take part in the largest recorded mass murder in history during the day and then return home, relax and have fun with SS men after work. A-BSMA/ CC BY 2.0

Entitled ‘Women working for the SS’ the project tells the shocking story of how the 200-plus women were able to take part in the largest recorded mass murder in history during the day and then return home, relax and have fun with SS men after work.

Polish PM scorns anti-vaxxers' Auschwitz allusion

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, took to Facebook to lash out against far-right MPs who referenced the infamous gate of Auschwitz to protest against Covid-19 passes.

Incredible story of Holocaust Survival Band told in powerful new documentary

Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz are not typical men. In 2014, approaching their tenth decade, they took the age-defying decision to set up a Klezmer ensemble so they could “sing for the 6 million who died” and spread a message of peace and love.

Energylandia one of Google’s Top 10 most searched for tourist attractions in Europe

The theme park in Zator, southern Poland, was ranked number 8, ahead of Milan Cathedral and Camp Nou football stadium in Barcelona in 9th and 10th position and just behind the Almalfi Coast in Italy on 7th.

Victims, perpetrators part of our society, Austrian president at Auschwitz

The Austrian president has stated at the site of the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp that it is the duty of the Austrian people to remember the victims and to remind the world that perpetrators were also part of Austrian society.

Tarnów woman dubbed ‘Guardian Angel of Auschwitz’ to be made saint for helping death camp inmates

Deported to the camp on 27 April 1942, Stefania Łącka “reached the peaks of heroism" trying to support and save others from death.

“The Olkusz man that won the war”: Antoni Kocjan remembered on anniversary of execution

Killed on this day in 1944, Kocjan played a vital role in demystifying Nazi wonder weapons and is credited with saving London from further destruction.

Mystery man leaves nearly 400 WWII Home Army IDs in envelope to Warsaw Uprising Museum

The haul of 383 ID cards and three insurgent passes is more than twice as many as the entire collection that the museum has built up over several decades, with museum sources saying the batch may be worth as much as one million złotys. But the identity of the donor remains a mystery.

Ex-Auschwitz prisoner cant' use Polish court over 'Polish camp' slur

A former Auschwitz prisoner cannot seek justice in a Polish court over the use of the term 'Polish camp' by German media, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled on Thursday.

Fate of people living in Oświęcim, which Nazis renamed Auschwitz, explored in online exhibition

Published by the Auschwitz Museum, the presentation of text, photographs, charts, maps and graphics tells readers about how the Germans set out to murder the town’s Jews, expel the remaining Poles and turn the town into a city built specially for the SS – ‘Musterstadt Auschwitz.

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