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Britain / 27 January 2025
Holocaust Memorial Day marks 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazis’ Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
The gatehouse of Auschwitz II, also known as Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland during the Holocaust Pic: pzk net
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EVENTS will be staged in Britain and worldwide today to mark Holocaust Memorial Day – on the 80th anniversary of when, in 1945, the Red Army liberated the Nazis’ Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Poland.

The liberation of Auschwitz on January 27 was chosen as Holocaust Memorial Day for commemorations of acts of genocide, which also include those which took place in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

Many events will also focus on today’s growth of fascist, far-right and neonazi parties and groups internationally, some gaining support in mainstream politics and elections.

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