At Auschwitz, the Germans left behind barracks and watchtowers, the remains of gas chambers and the hair and personal belongings of people killed there. The “Arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free) gate is recognized the world over.

Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.

It is getting harder and harder to hear about the Holocaust from people who lived through it. In Gulfport Sunday night, there was a rare opportunity to hear about Nazi-occupied Poland from a Jewish woman.

In all, 56 survivors gathered under a huge tent on Monday set up over a gate and railway tracks at the site of the former camp.

The extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II took place largely in occupied Poland. But for many Poles, Holocaust remembrance remains a challenge.In the center of a forest 120 kilometers northeast of Warsaw,

The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.

The ceremony is widely regarded as the last major observance likely to see a significant number of survivors in attendance.

Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on

World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by the Red Army.

Polish President Andrzej Duda remembered the victims of the Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, as commemorations got under way on Monday to mark 80 years since the death camp was liberated towards the end of World War II.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (FOX 2) - A 93-year-old holocaust survivor spoke in Farmington Hills, as Monday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. Rae Nachbar was seven years old back in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Her sister was taken to Auschwitz while her and her family packed up and moved from Poland to Russia, where she lived in a penal colony.

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being observed at the site of the former death camp.