No speeches were being made by politicians at the ceremony, with the focus on the voices of the few remaining survivors of the camp. Former inmates laid flowers at the camp's Death Wall in the morning,

A survivor brings a candle to the Death Wall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Jan. 27. 2025.

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was observed at the site of the former Nazi death camp.

The main observances take place at the site in southern Poland where Nazi Germany murdered over a million people

Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation.

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

Auschwitz survivors warned against increasing antisemitism across the globe while they gathered with world leaders at the site of the Polish death camp for the 80th anniversary of their liberation. Monday’s event at Auschwitz,

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is being marked, as always, with a gathering of survivors.