January 27, known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp. BBC Arts tapped Two Rivers Media to commemorate the event with the feature documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz.
When Teresa Regula arrived at Auschwitz as a 16-year-old, the first real pain she experienced was of her ears burning. "They shaved us down to bare skin, and it was a scorching hot day, August 4... That was the first authentic pain I felt,
The Auschwitz martyrs’ legacy of holiness continues to be a source of inspiration for Catholics worldwide. Here are several of those martyrs and their stories, listed by religious order: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891–1942) — also known as Edith Stein — was a Catholic convert of Jewish heritage.
An exclusive interview with Auschwitz survivor and award-winning photographer Ryszard Horowitz, on his extraordinary life and his perilous childhood as a Jewish boy in Nazi-occupied Kraków.
In June, the first performances of a new opera-ballet, “The Orchestras of Auschwitz,” will be performed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. The score includes some of Geyer’s discoveries, which will be performed by Constella Music and choreographed by Claudia Schreier, choreographer in residence of Atlanta Ballet.
Chabad Shliach Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler sounded the shofar and Israel's former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau recited Kaddish at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Auschwitz.
Charles joins dignitaries from around the world to mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi concentration camp while Prince and Princess of Wales attend service in London alongside Keir Starmer
WARSAW/KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - When Teresa Regula arrived at Auschwitz as a 16-year-old ... when they liberated the Gross Rosen concentration camp in what was then eastern Germany.
A royal source described the visit as “particularly poignant” and said the King was paying tribute “both as man and monarch.”