Survivors mark Auschwitz anniversary

Survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz are gathering at the site of the former concentration camp to mark the 65th anniversary…

Survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz are gathering at the site of the former concentration camp to mark the 65th anniversary of its liberation.

Survivors, some with grown children — along with others there to honor the millions killed by the Nazis — moved among the barracks and watchtowers of Auschwitz and Birkenau, neighbouring camps that stand as powerful symbols of the Holocaust.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will join Polish leaders later today in commemorative ceremonies at Birkenau, the larger of the two camps, where an estimated 1.5 million people were executed by the Nazis.

The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945.

AP

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