Jan 27 Watch 7:45 The lessons of Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation By Malcolm Brabant Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps marked the 75th anniversary of their liberation Monday, gathering at the rail depot where Jews from across Europe disembarked cattle trucks to be murdered in Nazi gas chambers. Polish President Andrzej Duda urged Holocaust… Continue watching
Jan 27 Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism, 75 years on By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press “If we don’t watch it, one day you wake up and it’s too late.”… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: China closes off city of Wuhan to try to contain coronavirus outbreak In our news wrap Thursday, China closed off Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, in an unprecedented effort to contain a deadly coronavirus. Officials announced two other cities will be shuttered Friday, as infected patients are hospitalized in isolation… Continue watching
Jan 23 Islamic leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz By Associated Press A high-level delegation of Muslim religious leaders visited Auschwitz on Thursday along with a Jewish group in what organizers called “the most senior Islamic leadership delegation" to visit the site of a Nazi German death camp. Continue reading
Jan 22 World leaders to hold two competing ceremonies for Auschwitz commemoration By Vanessa Gera, Aron Heller, Associated Press World leaders will gather twice over the next several days to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany’s death camps. Continue reading
Jan 21 Holocaust survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years after liberation By Markus Schreiber, Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Today, the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau endures as the leading symbol of the terror of the Holocaust. Continue reading
Dec 06 PHOTOS: German Chancellor Merkel visits Auschwitz for 1st time By Vanessa Gera, Markus Schreiber, Associated Press "These crimes are and will remain part of German history, and this history must be told over and over again,” Merkel said during the visit. Continue reading
Jan 27 Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that younger generations know less and less about the genocide of Jews, Roma and others during World War II. Continue reading
Apr 12 On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli and Polish presidents march from Auschwitz to Birkenau By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press "Our common presence here shows the world: Never again anti-Semitism, never again genocide, never again Holocaust," Andrzej Duda of Poland said during a joint news conference. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 3:30 News Wrap: Obama praises Paris climate agreement By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama praised the Paris climate agreement, set to take effect next month, as “the best possible shot to save the one planet that we’ve got.” Also, the United Nations Security Council agreed that Antonio… Continue watching