80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, amid rising antisemitism, the memory of the Holocaust remains contentious
- Written by Jan Lanicek, Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW Sydney
On January 27 2025, political dignitaries and Holocaust survivors will gather in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland. They will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps by the Red Army.
Auschwitz was a major network of Nazi concentration and death camps in occupied Poland...