Why here? Why Auschwitz? "The site was chosen because of its central location in Europe, where it was easy to reach by train. There were also logistical considerations," Christoph Heubner ...

All that was about to change. The crucial reason for the transformation of Auschwitz was simple—its location. The area around the camp was rich in natural resources. This part of Poland ...

Eva Speter, Hungarian Jewish prisoner allowed to travel to neutral Switzerland "Auschwitz Protocols" included maps showing location of crematoria and gas chambers at Birkenau From early 1944 ...

Szepesi, who grew up in Slovakia and now lives in Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the last survivors of Auschwitz alive today. Just 50 of them are expected to be present on Monday at the camp in ...

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 ...

In 2015, 94-year-old former German SS officer Oskar Gröning went on trial in his home country, charged with complicity in the murder of three hundred thousand Jews at Auschwitz in 1944.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to ...