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Auschwitz survivors recall suffering as world marks 80th anniversary of camp's liberation

Survivors from Auschwitz reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp. More than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed at the camp, located in what was then German Nazi-occupied Poland.

Published: January 23, 2025 at 12:53PM EST

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Auschwitz 80th Anniversary From left on the front row Belgium's King Philippe, Belgium's Queen Mathilde, Britain's King Charles III, Denmark's King Frederik X and Denmark's Queen Mary sit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, before a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Auschwitz 80th Anniversary Canadian Holocaust survivors Miriam Ziegler, left, and Howard Chandler, right, speak with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Krakow, Poland on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. They are accompanying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the commemoration event of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Photos of Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg and family Reproductions of photos of Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg and family members at the memorial at the former Jewish School before a discussion of Albrecht Weinberg with foreign journalists a week before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 20, 2025 in Leer, Germany. (Photo by Focke Strangmann/Getty Images)