Auschwitz Birkenau Death Camp

Exploiting the Memory of Child Holocaust Victims Is Obscene

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.27.2012

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Menachem Rosensaft

My brother and every other child murdered in any genocide deserve to be remembered as fragile flames extinguished in tsunamis of hatred, intolerance and bigotry. Exploiting their memory to score cheap political points is obscene.

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Nazi Death Camp Art On Show At Auschwitz Museum

AP | By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 12.18.2011

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WARSAW, Poland -- Photos of 20 drawings and other artifacts clandestinely made by inmates at Nazi death camps during World War II are on show at the A...

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Preserving Auschwitz: A Responsibility to our Children

Jacek Kastelaniec | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacek Kastelaniec

We, the remaining survivors of Auschwitz and the keepers of its memory, urge you to help preserve the physical evidence of Auschwitz and raise awareness to prevent future acts of hatred.

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UN Remembers Women and the Holocaust: Courage and Compassion

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kiyotaka Akasaka

As men were deported during the Holocaust, traditional gender roles changed, placing greater responsibilities upon women in the family and community in the ghettos and often making the difference between life and death in the camps.

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Auschwitz Memorial To Receive $80 Million From Germany

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WARSAW, Poland — Germany pledged Wednesday to pay euro60 million ($80 million) over the next year into a fund for Auschwitz-Birkenau to preserve...

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Holocaust Remembrance, Part 2: Walking in Hell

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lea Lane

In 1995, fifteen years after I had worked on Cecile's story, and fifty years after she had been liberated from Auschwitz, I had the opportunity to follow in her footsteps.

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In Poland, Survivors Mark Auschwitz Anniversary

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSWIECIM, Poland — Bundled tightly against the cold and snow, elderly Auschwitz survivors walked among the barracks and watchtowers of Auschwitz...

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Auschwitz Message In A Bottle Found

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Builders working near the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp have found a message in a bottle written by prisoners, museum officials say....

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