We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp.

A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas painting by Dutch artist Eliazer Neuberger, a barefoot man wearing torn garments gazes forward while behind him an elderly mysterious figure who evokes the prophet Elijah raises his hand in blessing.

A far-right Polish MEP started shouting ‘’Let’s pray for the victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza.’’ During the ceremony, EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola stressed that ‘’memory is a duty, a responsibility to ensure that ‘never again’ is not an empty promise’’.

The only thing sadder than observing a day of remembrance for the genocide of one’s people is observing it while unimaginably being accused of the very crime itself.

“God suffered a great deal in every single person who was here. God suffered a great deal in this place,” Cardinal Rys added.

Over 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, including nearly a million Jews. On the day of liberation 80 years ago, only 7,000 were saved.

Chana Widawski, a social worker and the child of Holocaust survivors, shares wisdom gained from a bike trip across Poland, the birthplace of her father who survived 11 concentration camps

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established in 2005 according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, and is observed on January 27 each year. It correspo

Candles and wreaths left by Auschwitz survivors stand at the so-called ‘Death Wall’ at the Auschwitz I site on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 2025, in Oswiecim, Poland. (photo: BOB REIJNDERS / Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, living survivors, their families and communities are marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Ida Kersz was separated from her family after living in the ghettos built for Jews when the Nazi invaded Poland in 1939.

Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.

Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops.