Auschwitz
latest news & developmentsJune 16: Redemption through negation
When we rebel and part ways with the barbarism of the apartheid and the democratic state, we will keep the memory of this historic event alive for current and future generations
Artivism: a powerful tool for reconciliation
An exhibition with collections from around the world asks us to reflect on mass atrocity to enact a just future
Poland to amend controversial Holocaust law
The amendment is designed to remove fines or criminal penalties for anyone found guilty of ascribing Nazi crimes to the Polish state
Germany’s Nazi hunters in final straight of race against time
For decades after the war, the German government showed little haste to track down many of those involved in the organised mass murder
The intolerable loss of dignity
Obliterating being human is beyond our comprehension and so we invoke evil and dignity – but the wound is indelible
Poland’s president signs controversial Holocaust bill into law
The law sets fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who describes Nazi German death camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau as being Polish
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 96, fit to serve jail term: German court
Oskar Gröning was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300 000 people at the Nazi death camp.
Letters to the editor: May 29 to June 5 2015
Readers write in about contraceptives, Holocaust education and the danger of essentialising.
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ goes on trial in Germany
Former Nazi officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" went on trial in Germany, with almost 70 Holocaust survivors relatives at the court.
The living march, lest we forget
After escaping the Nazis in Poland, it took Irene Klass 70 years to return to the ghetto and her home. This is her story.
Remembering Auschwitz 70 years on
Survivors return to Auschwitz on the 70th anniversary after victims were set free as leaders sound alarm.
Dutch Nazi fugitive dies at 90
Nazi war criminal, Klaas Carel Faber, who escaped from a Dutch jail and lived as a fugitive in Germany for 60 years has died at the age of 90.
Netanyahu’s war talk ups the ante in Iranian standoff
An uncompromising speech in the US by Israel’s prime minister has persuaded the public back home that war with Iran is possible, perhaps even likely.
Musical ‘masterpiece’ captures horror of Auschwitz
Opera composed by a Polish Jew and based on a survivor’s novel makes its British debut.
In the name of the mother: Ashes go to Treblinka
A Polish expatriate’s last wish is to be buried at the site of her Jewish family’s death place: A death camp called Treblinka.