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Remembering the Holocaust

January 27 marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz -- the Nazi death camp that has come to symbolize the horror of the Holocaust. An estimated 1.5 million people were murdered there -- most of them systematically in gas chambers. Nearly all the victims were Jews. Others included Gypsies, Poles, Catholics, homosexuals and Soviet POWs. For many, the anniversary carried special meaning, as few survivors are expected to be alive in 10 years' time.

A BLEAK, HOPELESS LANDSCAPE

CNN's Steve Goldberg recently visited Auschwitz. Read his account and take a virtual tour of the camps.


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WAR AND LIBERATION

Photos from Auschwitz during the war and just after the camp's liberation by Soviet forces in January 1945. Gallery

AUSCHWITZ TODAY

Take a virtual tour of Auschwitz I, the original camp, and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the Nazi death factory nearby. Gallery

COMMEMORATION

World leaders and survivors gather at Auschwitz to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp. Gallery


SURVIVORS

BARBER TO THE SS

Joszf Paczynski remembers the day in 1942 when he saw a group of fellow prisoners at Auschwitz being gassed. Story

RECALLING THE HORROR

A week after the war began, Adam Koenig was sent to a concentration camp -- the beginning of nearly six years of horror. Story

FRANCE'S DARK HERITAGE

Jules Fainzaing teaches French students about one of the most painful episodes of their country's history. Story


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