At Nazi concentration camp in Poland
Dozens of world leaders will convene in Jerusalem today (Thursday) to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Poland’s former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, amid a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States. Israel has hailed the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre as the biggest international gathering in its history, and Russian President Vladimir Putin and US vice president Mike Pence are among the attendees, reports Reuters.
The Nazi German concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust.
An aerial picture showe barracks and buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland. Picture taken with a drone 15 January 2020.
The buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp complex are seen in Oswiecim, Poland. Picture taken with a drone 15 January 2020.
Shoes of prisoners are seen in the former Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland. Picture taken with a drone 15 January 2020.
Holocaust survivors stand behind a barbed wire fence after the liberation of Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945 in Nazi-occupied Poland, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on 19 January 2020.
The Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is seen after its liberation in Nazi-occupied Poland, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on 19 January 2020.
Inmates are seen lying on bunks in a barrack at Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau after its liberation in 1945 in Nazi-occupied Poland, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on 19 January 2020.
An aerial picture showe barracks and buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, January 15, 2020. Picture taken with a drone 15 January 2020.
An aerial picture showes barracks and buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz I concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, 14 January 2020.
An aerial picture showe barracks and buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, 15 January 2020.
An aerial picture showe barracks and buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, on 15 January 2020.
A crematorium furnace is seen at former Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland on 15 January 2020. Photo: Reuters
A gallows is seen at the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, on 15 January 2020.
Suitcases of prisoners are seen in the former Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, on 15 January 2020.
Pictures of prisoners are displayed in the former Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, on 15 January 2020.