Nazi German death camp

Lithuanian leader cancels trip to Jerusalem Holocaust Forum

"I will go to a symbolic site - the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - to pay tribute to the millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust during World War Two," Nauseda wrote. He added that he also "bowed his head" before the 200,000 Lithuanian Holocaust victims. Valda Kalnina/PAP/EPA

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Tuesday announced that he would not attend the January 23 World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, but would come to Poland for January 27 observations of the 75th liberation anniversary of the Nazi-German Auschwitz death camp.

US House of Representatives speaker visits Auschwitz

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, visited on Tuesday the site of the former Nazi German Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland. Pelosi was accompanied by Polish Sejm (lower house) and Senate speakers.

German daily describes Poland as "first victim of WWII"

German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Saturday described Russian attacks on Poland as "casting a shadow" over ceremonies marking the 75th liberation anniversary of the Auschwitz Nazi German death camp, and stated that Poland was the war's first victim.

Swedish diplomat who saved Jews in WWII to be commemorated in Warsaw

A ceremony commemorating Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who before the end of WW2 saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi German death camps, will be held in Warsaw on Friday, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Paweł Jabłoński told PAP.

Polish president meets with Jews - Israeli daily

Hebrew-language Israeli daily Maariv wrote on Friday that Polish President Andrzej Duda had met with representatives of Poland's Jewish community and recalled his decision to boycott the World Holocaust Forum 2020 in Jerusalem.

Royals, world leaders to attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary

Twenty-two states delegations will attend observances marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration camp of Auschwitz, to be held on the site of the former camp, in southern Poland, on January 27.

Polish PM, German chancellor attend Auschwitz foundation anniversary

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and three former inmates of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz on Friday attended ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation at the former camp's site.

Angela Merkel, Mateusz Morawiecki arrive at Auschwitz

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday morning arrived at the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz in south Poland as the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation marks its 10th anniversary.

Fury as Amazon puts Auschwitz Christmas tree ornaments online

The tasteless decorations showing scenes from the extermination camp where over 1 million people were murdered, and posted alongside festive scenes from other parts of Europe, all cost around 50 PLN.

Polish Foreign Ministry thanks Netflix for amendments to documentary

Poland's Foreign Ministry, on its Twitter account on Thursday, thanked Netflix Polska for the quick reaction on its documentary series about a notorious guard at the Nazi-German Treblinka death camp.

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