The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was the main site for the extermination of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust. It was liberated on January 27, 1945.
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Berlin's 'Stolpersteine'
The artist Gunter Demnig has placed almost 60,000 Stolpersteine across Europe. The first 50 came to Berlin in May 1996.
May 12, 2016
Victim remembrance march at Auschwitz
Young Jews and aging Holocaust survivors made the annual March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau.
May 5, 2016
Former SS guard apologizes to victims
Reinhold Hanning has apologized for serving as a camp guard at Auschwitz despite knowing that people were being killed.
April 29, 2016
Auschwitz guard dies before going on trial in Germany
The 93-year-old former guard was set to go on trial for having worked as a guard at the notorious Nazi death camp.
April 7, 2016
Holocaust survivor is world's oldest man
A 112-year-old, an Auschwitz survivor lives in Israel today together with his family.
March 16, 201600:38 min
Trial of former SS Auschwitz medic suspended indefinitely
Hubert Z. faced charges for assisting in the murders of 3,681 people at Auschwitz conventration camp.
March 14, 2016
Holocaust survivor becomes world's oldest man at 112
A man liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 has become the world's oldest man.
March 11, 2016
Trial against former Auschwitz medic suspended
Hubert Z. had served as an SS medic at the Nazi extermination camp and was on duty when Anne Frank arrived.
February 29, 2016
Auschwitz guard Reinhold H. goes on trial in Germany
The former Auschwitz SS guard is charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder between January 1943 and June 1944.
February 11, 2016
Auschwitz survivors speak out
Auschwitz survivors gave a press conference ahead of a new trial of a former death camp guard.
February 10, 2016
Court rules former Auschwitz guard to stand trial
A district court in Germany has decided a man who served as a concentration camp guard is fit to stand trial.
February 5, 2016
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
A number of events are underway around the world to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 27, 2016
Remembering the Holocaust digitally
Eye-witnesses have been essential to remembering the Holocaust. As time goes on, that must change.
January 26, 2016
Holocaust survivor Ruth Klüger: 'Germany has changed'
Klüger speaks to DW about Auschwitz, getting older and her speech in the German Bundestag.
January 26, 2016
The art of the Holocaust
Artists held in Nazi camps depicted the horror they experienced. Now their work is on show in Berlin.
CultureJanuary 25, 201611 images
Former Auschwitz medic to stand trial
A 95-year-old former medic at the Auschwitz death camp will be tried next month on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder.
January 18, 2016
Nazi tattoo trial in Berlin
A Berlin court has sentenced a man sporting a fascist tattoo to six months parole.
December 22, 2015
German film on Auschwitz trials makes Oscars shortlist
"Labyrinth of Lies," a film dealing with post-war Germany, is one of the nine foreign language films on the shortlist.
December 18, 2015
Ex-Auschwitz orderly 'fit to stand trial'
German court rules a 95-year-old former SS sergeant at Auschwitz in 1944 should stand trial as an accessory to murders.
December 2, 2015
Holocaust-denying 'Nazi grandma' jailed
An 87-year-old German grandmother has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for denying the Holocaust.
November 13, 2015
Germany from A to Z
Important topics in a nutshell. Thirty-eight tips for understanding Germany and the Germans.
SocietyOctober 28, 2015
Cabinet member quits on first day on job
A minister in the new Greek government had to step down within hours of being appointed because of derogatory remarks.
September 24, 2015
Holocaust: Complicity charge levelled at 91-year-old woman
German prosecutors charge a former radio operator with complicity to murder in Auschwitz
September 22, 2015
Auschwitz mist showers cause outrage
With temperatures soaring in Poland, the Auschwitz memorial set up showers for guests, unwittingly evoking old memories.
August 31, 2015
Facebook user sued by Nazi survivor
Esther Bejarano, one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp is suing a Facebook user for libel.
August 21, 2015
When Auschwitz went to court
Fifty years ago, the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was a major turning point for victims, war criminals and the public.
August 18, 2015
Roma Holocaust Day
Sinti and Roma people from around Europe have gathered to remember victims of the Nazi Holocaust.
August 2, 2015
Holocaust trial 'may have been for nothing'
Prosecutors fear that the Gröning ruling will be left hanging forever, diminishing its historical importance.
July 22, 2015
Nazi-hunting couple honored in Germany
A couple responsible for discovering several Nazi criminals has been awarded Germany's Federal Order of Merit.
July 20, 2015
Lawyers see parallels between Gröning, NSU trials
A persistent German blindness to Nazism can be found in two current court cases whose crimes span over 70 years.
July 15, 2015
Symbolic verdict in Auschwitz case
Felix Steiner
The sentencing of Oskar Gröning, the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz," carries a symbolic meaning, says DW's Felix Steiner.
July 15, 2015
Judge tells Gröning: 'It was your decision'
The judge delivered a long, powerful judgment to end the trial of the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz." Ben Knight reports.
July 15, 2015
Four years for 'Auschwitz bookkeeper'
Former SS officer Oskar Gröning has been found guilty after his trial for complicity in murder.
July 15, 2015
'Gröning is going to be convicted'
A lawyer at the trial of the "accountant of Auschwitz" says he thinks Oskar Gröning's conviction still matters today.
July 14, 2015
Gröning Auschwitz verdict due early
The verdict in the trial of Oskar Gröning, the "accountant of Auschwitz," will be delivered on Wednesday morning.
July 14, 2015
Criticism of Auschwitz case sentence request
Plaintiffs' lawyers in a case against the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" say a prosecution sentencing demand is too low.
July 9, 2015
Lawyers demand jail for 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
Lawyers in the case against former SS officer Oskar Gröning have called for him to be jailed for his role at Auschwitz.
July 7, 2015
Former Auschwitz sergeant begs for forgiveness
A trial in the district court of a former member of the SS in Germany continues.
July 1, 2015
British teens released over Auschwitz theft
Two British teenagers arrested on suspicion of stealing artifacts from Auschwitz concentration camp have been released.
June 24, 2015
British teens detained over Auschwitz theft
Polish police have arrested two British teenagers on suspicion of stealing artifacts from the Auschwitz death camp.
June 23, 2015
An overdue Auschwitz exhibition
Seven decades after the liberation of Auschwitz, a new history exhibition will open at the concentration camp.
June 3, 2015
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski remembered in Warsaw
The Polish and German presidents were among those paying their final respects to the former foreign minister of Poland.
May 4, 2015
Poland's Wladyslaw Bartoszewski dies at 93
A former Auschwitz inmate, Polish foreign minister, and key figure in German-Polish reconciliation passes away.
April 24, 2015
Survival at Auschwitz unimaginable
Former SS officer Oskar Gröning has told a German court he "could not have imagined" Jews coming out of Auschwitz alive.
April 23, 2015
Gröning downplays 'ramp' duties
A former Auschwitz soldier has said he did not spend much time working the 'ramp' at the Nazi death camp.
April 22, 2015
A late confession
The trial of an Auschwitz "bookkeeper" has a largely symbolic importance, writes DW's Felix Steiner.
April 22, 2015
Auschwitz survivor
Former SS officer Oskar Gröning has asked for forgiveness, but not all Auschwitz survivors are willing.
April 21, 2015
'Like a knife to the heart'
The trial of Oskar Gröning, the so-called "bookkeeper" of Auschwitz, has begun in Lüneburg.
April 21, 2015
Auschwitz trial in Lüneburg begins
The trial of former SS officer Oskar Gröning has begun in a charged atmosphere in Lüneburg. Ben Knight reports.
April 21, 2015
'Auschwitz bookkeeper' asks for forgiveness
A former Nazi has asked for forgiveness for his role in mass killings carried out at the Auschwitz concentration camp
April 21, 2015