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Oswiecim, the city of Auschwitz, wrestles with whether the past must be part of its future
But few of the more than 1.2 million people who visit the Auschwitz camp each year ever set foot in Oswiecim or even know that the town exists. “It is difficult to comprehend what it must be ...
The Forward on MSN4d
The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
Gut’s grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
A mile from Auschwitz, a restored synagogue recalls thriving Jewish life in Oswiecim
OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — In a typical, pre-pandemic year, about 2.3 million people a year visit Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp where nearly 1 million Jews were murdered. About 30,000 ...
British PM Starmer visits Auschwitz, vows to fight antisemitism ahead of security talks in Poland
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has visited the site of the Nazi German extermination camp Auschwitz ahead of talks with ...
WFMZ-TV4d
At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism
People visit the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim ... but now he must be “realistic.” "This may well be the ...