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‘Never Forget’: Europe Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Poland's Holocaust Commemorations Marred by Politics
Forgetting Auschwitz: The Chilling Return of Anti-Semitism
Croatia Commemorates Holocaust amid Divisions over WWII History
Poland’s Holocaust Commemorations Marred by Politics
See also:
Forgetting Auschwitz: The Chilling Return of Anti-Semitism
Why the Yugoslav Memorial Pavilion at Auschwitz Stands Empty
Why the Yugoslav Memorial Pavilion at Auschwitz Stands Empty
In June 1947, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oswiecim, Poland opened on the grounds of the former death camp. In 1960, the museum allocated space for 'national exhibitions,' which focused on the countries from which citizens were deported to the camp.
Forgetting Auschwitz: The Chilling Return of Anti-Semitism
Whereas ethno-nationalism and populism have been dominating debates for years — particularly since the Brexit referendum and US President Donald Trump's electoral victory in 2016 — the resurgence of anti-Semitism has been less discussed. And yet the evidence of this trend is abundant — and chilling.
Naked activists kill sheep in front of Auschwitz gate
Officials say a group of some 10 Polish-speaking people took off their clothes, killed a sheep and chained themselves together by the main gate of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz before being detained by police.