Greece marked the anniversary of the departure in 1943 of the first train from Thessaloniki taking Jews to Auschwitz death ...

Why here? Why Auschwitz? "The site was chosen because of its central location in Europe, where it was easy to reach by train. There were also logistical considerations," Christoph Heubner ...

Behind them, men in prisoner uniforms pushed a float shaped like a giant train with musicians ... a float shaped like the gate to the Nazi Auschwitz death camp in Poland. A video of the event ...

The 1600 Jews who had left on the Kasztner train in June represented less than half of 1% of the Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz. The Spring and early Summer of 1944 was to be the most ...

The biographer and journalist chooses her favourite works about women in war. Her latest book is "The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival", which is published this week. Caroline ...

He vividly remembers entering the camp, saying: “When we arrived in Auschwitz all we could see ... As they were forced off the train, people were divided into two lines. Ivor wanted to join ...

Ordered off the train, the remaining Jews were marched toward ... of survival than those who were alone.” Mindu returned to Auschwitz in 2014 and again in 2019 - feeling it was important to ...

But over time Helena's feelings changed, especially with the arrival of one particular train at Auschwitz Birkenau. Helena's sister was on board, along with her daughter and baby son. After they ...