extermination camp

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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

His father died in Auschwitz, and his brother died in the Treblinka extermination camp.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2023

Friday's event marks the 78th anniversary of the Soviet army liberating the concentration and extermination camp in German-occupied Poland, where more than one million people were murdered by the Nazis.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

Viewers get a guided tour of Jewish life in Poland before the Holocaust, visit the Nazi extermination camp and then a tour of Israel while hearing survivor stories.

From Reuters • Jan. 27, 2023

Thursday is also International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp on Jan. 27, 1945.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022