Auschwitz concentration camp is a symbol of the Holocaust in southern Poland, one of the most trying moments in human history.

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

Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.

It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

By Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) -Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops,

World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.

In just over four-and-a-half years, Nazi Germany systematically murdered at least 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, built in the south of occupied Poland near the town of Oswiecim. Auschwitz was at the centre of the Nazi campaign to eradicate Europe's Jewish population, and almost one million of those who died there were Jews.

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

Robbie Friedman noted the importance of remembering the mass tragedy, stating 76% of Americans believe that the Holocaust could happen again.

Judith Cohen, former chief acquisition curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., spoke at Bridgewater College on Monday night in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, wh

Hazelgrove Court Care Home in Saltburn marked Holocaust Memorial Day by lighting 80 candles to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation