By — Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/holocaust-remembrances Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter World Remembers Holocaust 67 Years After Auschwitz Freed World Jan 27, 2012 12:20 PM EDT On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz — a sprawling complex containing 48 labor and extermination camps where more than 1 million people were killed during the Holocaust. In 2005, the U.N. Security Council designated Jan. 27 an international day of remembering the Holocaust’s millions of victims. View some of the events and memorials in our slide show above. Related Resources: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the toll the Holocaust took on children in this year’s remembrance. Take an audio tour of Germany’s first Nazi concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, and listen to a former Stasi prisoner describe his ordeal. In 2007, a photo album arrived at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that gave an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at guard life at the Auschwitz death camp. In his documentary “Among the Righteous”, Robert Satloff explores the question: Did any Arabs save Jews during the Holocaust? Browse all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko produced multimedia web features and broadcast reports with a focus on foreign affairs for the PBS NewsHour. She has reported in places such as Jordan, Pakistan, Iraq, Haiti, Sudan, Western Sahara, Guantanamo Bay, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Turkey, Germany and Ireland. @NewsHourWorld
On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz — a sprawling complex containing 48 labor and extermination camps where more than 1 million people were killed during the Holocaust. In 2005, the U.N. Security Council designated Jan. 27 an international day of remembering the Holocaust’s millions of victims. View some of the events and memorials in our slide show above. Related Resources: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the toll the Holocaust took on children in this year’s remembrance. Take an audio tour of Germany’s first Nazi concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, and listen to a former Stasi prisoner describe his ordeal. In 2007, a photo album arrived at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that gave an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at guard life at the Auschwitz death camp. In his documentary “Among the Righteous”, Robert Satloff explores the question: Did any Arabs save Jews during the Holocaust? Browse all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now