In Photos: Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

In Photos: Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
People arrive for a memorial in the Auschwitz I former concentration camp site on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A rose is placed on the Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin on Jan. 27, 2025. Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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A woman and a man touch the Death Wall next to Block 11 of the former Auschwitz I main camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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A view of the former Nazi German Auschwitz I Concentration Death Camp from one of the bedrooms of House 88, the former residence of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 26, 2025. The house of the Auschwitz commandant during World War II is opening to visitors for the first time. The house was the subject of the film “The Zone of Interest.” Omar Marques/Getty Images
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France's President Emmanuel Macron signs the golden book after laying a wreath of flowers during a ceremony at the Memorial de la Shoah Holocaust museum in Paris on Jan. 27, 2025. Thibault Camus/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Guests attend commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
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Former Auschwitz prisoner Leon Weintraub delivers a speech during commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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Old war-era Nazi newspapers found in House 88, the former residence of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 26, 2025. Omar Marques/Getty Images
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A woman lights candles during a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow on Jan. 27, 2025. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images
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Polish President Andrzej Duda takes a knee in the Auschwitz I former concentration camp site on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Players line up on the pitch holding a “we remember” banner, in memory of Auschwitz victims prior to the Bundesliga match between RB Leipzig and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, on Jan. 25, 2025. Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27. 2025. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (front L) walk through the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, main camp Auschwitz I, (front, 2nd from left to right. Elke Büdenbender, wife of Federal President Steinmeier; Ewa Pasterak, employee of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial; Britta Ernst, wife of Federal Chancellor Christian Pfeil; Holocaust survivor) on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Jesco Denzel/Bundesregierung via Getty Images
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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde delivers a speech during a remembrance ceremony of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp inside the main building of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Jan. 27, 2025. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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King Charles III is presented with a painting from children thanking him for his visit to the Jewish Community Center (JCC) Krakow, to meet Holocaust survivors and hear from volunteers and members about the center's support for people of all ages and backgrounds as part of its mission to rebuild Jewish life in the city before he attends commemorations at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Krakow, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Aaron Chown - Pool/Getty Images
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Miriam Linial, a 103-year-old Holocaust and Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, attends the International Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Haifa, Israel, on Jan. 27, 2025. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images
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Israeli ambassador to Russia Simone Halperin lays flowers at the memorial to members of the resistance at Nazi concentration camps during World War Two, during a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow on Jan. 27, 2025. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman looks for a name on the Wall of Names for 'The victims of the Shoah from Bas-Rhin' during the inauguration of the Memorial Gardens in Strasbourg, France, on Jan. 27, 2025. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
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People visit a surviving gas chamber and crematorium at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 25. 2025. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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Shoes that were taken from prisoners are displayed at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 23. 2025. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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Italian musician Francesco Lotoro, who collects musical works written by prisoners in concentration camps, plays the piano at the former house of Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, that is now being turned into the Auschwitz Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalisation, on Jan. 26, 2025. A house once inhabited by a Nazi commandant of the Auschwitz extermination camp will be turned into a research center fighting against anti-Semitism and extremism, a U.S. non-profit said. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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Fences and parts of the former Auschwitz concentration camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Holocaust survivor Naki Bega, 96, pays tribute at the memorial to the Jewish Holocaust victims, in Athens on Jan. 27, 2025. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
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Barbed-wire fence and barracks of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, today called the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, are pictured in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 26, 2025. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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Candles and flowers are placed by concrete slabs on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Jan. 27, 2025. Markus Schreiber/AP Photo
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Visitors walk through the “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) gate at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 25. 2025. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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A wooden sign with the word STOP stands in front of what was an electric barbed wire fence inside the former Nazi German extermination and labor camp Auschwitz I, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 23. 2025. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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Veteran Mervyn Kersh with Rabbi Josh Levy during a ceremony commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day in London on Jan. 27, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A visitor walks by the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 24. 2025. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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