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WWE gets slammed for use of Auschwitz image to promote wrestling event

Although some wrestling fans immediately noticed the photo, it drew more attention after the Auschwitz Memorial Museum posted on Twitter on Wednesday that using the image "is hard to call an editing mistake".

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Ukraine: This British man says he is flying into the warzone 'for fun'

Miles Routledge is at it again. The 22-year-old Brit is on his way to Ukraine, having previously travelled to Afghanistan just before the Taliban took power.

Poland

Respects paid across Europe as Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed

January 27 marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, an occasion to commemorate the victims of the Nazi German regime.

Poland

Tourist arrested for giving Nazi salute outside gates of Auschwitz

The 29-year-old woman was fined after telling prosecutors that her gesture was a "stupid joke".

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Poland

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp

Nine barracks were spray-painted with anti-Semitic phrases in both English and German, the memorial said.

World News

EU unveils new strategy to tackle rising antisemitism in Europe

"Europe can only prosper when its Jewish communities feel safe and prosper," said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Germany

Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

As a young Red Army soldier, David Dushman flattened the forbidding electric fence around the notorious Nazi death camp with his T-34 tank on Jan. 27, 1945.

Travel News

Remembering the Holocaust: Where are the main tributes around Europe?

Today, the world is remembering the earth-shattering events of the Holocaust. Here are the European landmarks that pay eternal tribute to the millions of lives lost.

United Kingdom

Auschwitz survivor marks Holocaust Memorial Day after COVID recovery

Lily Ebert, 97, survived Auschwitz and COVID-19. Now she and her great-grandson are writing a book together.

Poland

Amazon series Hunters under fire over Auschwitz 'human chess' scene

The Auschwitz Museum in Poland says that inventing atrocities that didn't happen at the Nazi death camp only encourages Holocaust denial.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Forget politics and bureaucracy. Having a stronger cultural indentity will unite the EU ǀ View

The current mobilisation of right-wing protests against the Establishment, against the bureaucracy of the EU, and against immigration and acceptance of war refugees in Europe, is fed by two interrelated sources: national identity and cultural identity.

World News

How colour pictures are bringing Auschwitz prisoners to life

Digital colourist Marina Amaral, the woman behind the Faces of Auschwitz project, explains why her work colourising pictures of Auschwitz inmates is so vital, despite the toll it takes personally.

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‘We take everything for granted’, Auschwitz survivor warns

Siegmund Listwa had spent five and a half years in concentration camps during World War II, including two years at Auschwitz. This week marks 75 years since the Nazis’ most well-known extermination camp was liberated by the Soviets.

World News

Euronews' Isabelle Kumar remembers her Jewish grandfather

For young Isabelle, it was the stuff of car journeys and strange childhood songs.

Europe News

Liberator or Persecutor? How Poland sees the role of the Soviet Union in World War Two

As President Duda warns against false narratives, Euronews takes a look at the warring perspectives of Poland and Russia.

World News

Holocaust Remembrance Day: how is the Holocaust taught where you live?

From UK to Germany, from Spain to Greece, the educational standards vary enormously regarding the genocide of millions of Jews. Euronews looks at how Europe's children learn about the Holocaust.

Europe News

'I didn't even get to kiss my mum': Auschwitz prisoner tells his harrowing story of survival

Stories of survivors are the most powerful part of the Auschwitz commemorations. Some have told their stories for years and others are only just beginning to share. One survivor recounts how love might have kept him alive.

Italy

Holocaust survivor: 'Silence was the best choice' after Auschwitz

Just 35 of the 776 Italian children sent to Auschwitz survived. Liliana Segre was one of them.

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Jewish and Muslim leaders in joint visit to Nazi death camp Auschwitz

The historic visit comes ahead of commemorations to mark 75 years since its liberation.

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75 years on, a look at the identifying tattoos in Auschwitz

Prisoners were tattooed with identification numbers at the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.