World War II Nazi camp survivors revisit the site they were tortured | Photos

World War II Holocaust survivors gathered at Auschwitz on Monday to honour lost lives. Leaders including King Charles, Ukraine President and others attended.

Published on Jan 28, 2025 01:04 pm IST 10 Photos
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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors gathered to commemorate their escape during World War II(Sergei Gapon/AFP)

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Polish historian and Holocaust survivor Marian Turski delivered a speech in front of the main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, the so-called Death Gate, during the event, addressing survivors, their families and world leaders.(Sergei Gapon/AFP)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is also Jewish, also attended the memorial and placed a votive candle in front of the train car, the symbol of the event, to pay tribute to the victims.(Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron is seen here walking through a gate with the lettering in German "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Will Set You Free), at the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau set up by the Red Army in southern Poland in 1940.(Ludovic Marin/AFP)

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Holocaust survivor Marian Turski sat in the front row and interacted with people during the event that marks the 1945 liberation of those who were trapped in the Auschwitz concentration camp (Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Grzegorz Celejewski/via REUTERS )

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