Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.

Ruth Cohen, a 94-year-old American Holocaust survivor, returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for the first time. She recalled seeing family members before they were separated for the last time at the camp.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the families of two survivors who resettled in Pittsburgh shared their stories.

Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.

January 27, 2025, marks Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. CNN’s Melissa Bell sits down with survivors to speak about the importance of this specific anniversary.

Earlier in the day, Petro sought to diffuse tensions by offering his presidential plane to “facilitate the dignified ret "It'll get to the U.S. Supreme Court, and if the court follows the actual legislative intent and history,

Auschwitz survivors warned against increasing antisemitism across the globe while they gathered with world leaders at the site of the death camp for the 80th anniversary of their liberation. Monday’s event at Auschwitz,

It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

WGN's Shannon Halligan reports on ceremonies held around on the world on Holocaust Remembrance Day, and how world leaders are honoring those who so bravely risked their lives during one of the darkest times in modern human history.