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January 27, 2015
Politics, Putin cast shadow over Auschwitz liberation anniversary
When they announced the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Polish officials insisted that at this year’s event, “the eyes of the world will be focused” on about 300 Holocaust survivors whose presence Tuesday at the former Nazi death camp near Krakow may be the last gathering of its sort.
Auschwitz survivors urge a troubled Europe not to forget
Auschwitz\’s last survivors urged the world not to forget the horror of the Holocaust 70 years after the Nazi death camp was liberated in the final throes of World War Two, an anniversary that finds Europe again confronted by intolerance.
EU official: Tensions with Russia must not muddle Holocaust record
Political tensions with Russia must not be allowed to obfuscate the historical record on the Holocaust, a senior European Union official said.
World leaders join last survivors in recalling Auschwitz
World leaders joined around 300 Auschwitz survivors at the site of the former Nazi death camp on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, an anniversary held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe.
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