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Hitler's Pope or wartime saint? Pius XII's archives set to go public

More than 150 historians and researchers have signed up to access the soon-to-open Vatican archives of the World War II-era pope.

World News

In pictures: The best images from this week's biggest stories

Here is our selection of the best pictures from this week.

World

Liliana Segre: Auschwitz survivor talks about her experience

Segre was deported from Italy to Auschwitz in 1944 when she was 13 years-old. She was one of 776 Italian children under the age of 14 who were sent to the Nazi concentration camp. Only 25 survived

Germany

German right-wing MP closes eyes and slumps during Holocaust speech

German right-wing MP closes eyes and slumps during Holocaust speech

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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.

World News

In Pictures: European countries mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Here's a look in pictures at how the Holocaust was remembered around Europe on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

World News

‘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

Holocaust history is being re-written - historians are fighting back

New narratives aim to whitewash he role of non-Germans in the killing of Jews.

Poland

Watch live: Holocaust ceremony at Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in Poland

Religious and state leaders and survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered on the 75th anniversary of its liberation.

Russia

'People were exhausted, emaciated,' an Auschwitz liberator remembers

The extraordinary memories of a former Soviet soldier who was there on 27 January 1945.

World News

Meet the Nazi hunter tracking down Holocaust perpertrators 75 years on

'They weren't monsters, they were ordinary people - and they have to be dealt with.'

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.

Poland

'We forget at our peril: Sadiq Khan attends Auschwitz memorial

'We forget at our peril: London mayor Sadiq Khan attends Auschwitz memorial

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.

Europe News

Locals still searching for answers over Jewish cemetery attack

'We don't know why they attack (the graves), they are dead,' said one local in the community near Strasbourg.

My Europe Series

Lessons from the past: remembering Auschwitz

As world leaders commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp, we speak to a survivor from Belgium and look into how Alsace is seeing a rise in antisemitism.

World News

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

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

Poland

Polish MEP sparks outrage over Holocaust cattle tweet | #TheCube

The tweet comes just days before the Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Poland

Panoramic film photographs of Auschwitz camp tell the story of mass killing

Look through the panoramic film photographs of Associated Press's Markus Schreiber taken ahead of Auschwitz liberation 75th anniversary. On Monday hundreds of survivors from across the world will come back to visit Auschwitz for the official commemorations.

Cinema

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell