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.
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.
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
Some 40 survivors of the Nazi camps agreed to talk as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of extermination camps.
Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on November 3, 1943, when he was 12.
A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in San Francisco recounts the horrors of the Lodz Ghetto and the concentration camps. She also has advice.
Seattle-based Music of Remembrance is honoring those who died in the Holocaust with a concert of music written and performed inside Auschwitz.
With its manicured garden and spacious interior, the three-story villa was once described as “paradise” by the mother who raised her five children there. And much was done to preserve the household’s tranquility,
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A Holocaust survivor shares her remarkable story with the Yuma community. As a child, Ester Basch, known as the honey girl of Auschwitz, was transported to the Salzwedel Concentration Camp in 1945. “So it should never happen again.