Prior to 1939, Poland was home to 3.3 million Jews, comprising about ten percent of its population. By his estimation, only about 30,000 survived the Nazi occupation on Polish soil. Upwards of 250,000 ...

Still, being a musician was less gruesome than the alternative. Assigned their own barracks, orchestra members enjoyed better ...

On Sunday, Sept. 7, Arizona State University’s Jewish Studies program opened its academic year with a provocative virtual ...

Czeslawa Kwoka, a Catholic Polish girl, was murdered at Auschwitz on March 12, 1943. She was 14 years old. Until her ...

Marian Turski, a Polish-born survivor of Auschwitz who helped found the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, has died. He was 98. His death was announced Tuesday by the Polish ...

The Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkinau is an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. SS soldiers lead newly arrived prisoners to the gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The death ...