OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to ...

Why it matters: The kids in the photo above couldn't go to Barton Springs Pool — which was not desegregated until 1962.

The bright yellow Zoo Pet Shop is hard to miss for anyone driving along one of the main streets that leads to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum on the outskirts of Oswiecim, Poland.

Join us as we create a stunning underground cave swimming pool complete with a luxurious private living room. Using traditional methods and tools, we transformed this space into a one-of-a-kind ...

Daughter of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess's final ... “We had a little swimming pool in the backyard. My mother had a beautiful garden house with flowers. She loved flowers.” ...

Monday's ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

Auschwitz, located in southern Poland, became a symbol of the Holocaust's brutality. Around 1.1 million people were murdered there, the majority being Jews. Other victims included Poles, Roma ...

Though when it comes to commemorating the horrifying magnitude of what happened at Auschwitz, every passing year — including this, the 80th anniversary — is of equal importance. Not least ...

It was the greatest tragedy of the Holocaust. In just five years, over one million people were murdered at Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp. Auschwitz was established ...

For 80 years, the haunting melodies of Auschwitz lay buried in silence, hidden among the archives of one of history’s darkest chapters. Now, for the first time, this lost music – composed by ...

King Charles is in Poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau's liberation. The King will become the first British head of state to visit the former Nazi concentration camp ...

But that technology is useless without firsthand accounts provided by the shrinking pool of survivors. The Claims Conference estimates that only around 1,000 survivors of Auschwitz are still alive.