Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity ...
Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned of the danger of indifference, dies at 98
Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and was a co-founder of Warsaw’s ...
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The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window
(JTA) — A parade of dignitaries and dozens of Holocaust survivors came to Oświęcim on Monday to pay tribute to the 1 million Jews who died there. Some of them encountered the single Jew who ...
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Holocaust survivors gather for what may be the final time at 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as ...
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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred which they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European ...
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Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its ...
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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp's liberation
Reporting by Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki in Oswiecim, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Pawel Florkiewicz in Warsaw, Michael Holden in London; Writing by Alan Charlish; Editing by Stephen Coates ...
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Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation
The story of Oświęcim, whose population was nearly 60% Jewish in 1939 before the Nazis arrived, serves as a stark reminder of what unbridled antisemitism can unleash. Weisz-Gut currently works ...