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March of the Living symbolises mourning but also life, president says

In a post-march address at a memorial to the Auschwitz victims in the camp's female section Birkenau, which was also the main site of the Holocaust, Andrzej Duda said that the march symbolised the prevalence of life even in the harshest conditions. Łukasz Gągulski/PAP

The March of the Living is a mournful event, but it also symbolises life, Poland's president said on Thursday after participating in the annual event on the memorial site of the World War II Nazi-German Auschwitz death camp in south Poland.

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Poland remembers Holocaust victims

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The United Nations' General Assembly, on Thursday, unanimously passed a resolution on combating Holocaust denial on social media, along with amendments proposed by Poland.

Israeli FM condemns anti-semitic graffiti at Auschwitz museum

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Birkenau camp buildings sprayed with anti-Semitic texts

Spray-painted anti-Semitic texts were discovered on nine barrack buildings at the former German Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp, the Auschwitz Museum announced on Tuesday.

Poland protests Irish broadcaster's "Polish concentration camp" misnomer

Poland's ambassador to Ireland has protested against Irish national broadcaster RTE's use of the term "Polish concentration camp” in a feature about the WWII Nazi-German Stutthof death camp, which was located in northern Poland.

Former death camp secretary who skipped trial is caught after police launched manhunt

The 96-year-old woman who went on the run after getting in a taxi to stand trial for WWII war crimes has been captured. 

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