A parade of dignitaries and dozens of Holocaust survivors came to Oświęcim on Monday to pay tribute to the 1 million Jews who died there. Some of them encountered the single Jew who lives there. Hila Weisz-Gut,

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

From the windows of the house in which the infamous commandant of Auschwitz lived, one can still see the barracks of the place where the Nazis murdered more than a million people. 80 years after the liberation of the concentration camp by the Soviet Army,

Monday's ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

King Charles is the first British monarch to visit the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, on the margins of a commemorative event to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp in Oświęcim, Poland.

Around 50 survivors of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz gathered together for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp.

Holocaust survivors and world leaders attended ceremonies in Poland on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

Monday's ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

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.

President Alar Karis will attend a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland and remembering the victims of the Holocaust.

Fifty surviving prisoners, political leaders from many European countries, and hundreds of other people marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz in southern Poland on 27 January.