Auschwitz

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Florence Miailhe’s oil-painted memory play tells of Alfred Nakache, a French swimmer of Algerian Jewish descent who finished ahead of Nazi competitors at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, joined the Resistance and survived Auschwitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

In a speech that left some MPs visibly moved, 87-year-old Friedman recounted her experiences as a survivor of the Auschwitz extermination camp and appealed on those present to "use your power to fight".

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Dr Marcel Ladenheim, who was hidden by a French family during the Holocaust after his father was killed at Auschwitz, said he now felt "worried" for his children and grandchildren.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

I first met Mr. Lotoro at Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

This guard tower and the electrified harhed-wire fence at Auschwitz were typical of towers and fences at all the concentration and labor camps.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren