Auschwitz | War History

The Goalkeeper of Auschwitz Returns to Nazi Death Camp to Bury the Past

Robert Manto

An Auschwitz Nazi death camp survivor, who played as a goalkeeper for the Welsh team in the Nazi death camp’s football league, returned to the…

US Returns Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp Wooden Barracks to Poland

Heziel Pitogo

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is giving back an Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp wooden barracks to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland after being part of the former’s…

Warsaw Supports Statue in Honor of Resistance Hero Witold Pilecki

Councillors of Poland’s capital city showed support in favor of a statue to honor resistance hero Witold Pilecki who is best known for imprisoning himself…

Dr. Death and the Seven Jewish Dwarfs

May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday, the SS…

Woman Comes Out with Her Dark Past After 40 Years

Brigitte Hoss has managed to hide her dark past and lived a normal life for 40 years. However, at the age of 80 and dying…

Witold Pilecki: ‘Beyond bravery’ during World War II – Getting INTO Auschwitz

Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery  Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…