A group of survivors of Nazi death camps gathered in southern Poland on Saturday to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II. In a modest ceremony, approximately 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany across Europe laid wreaths and flowers and lit candles at the Death Wall in Auschwitz.
The survivors later held prayers at the monument in Birkenau, paying homage to the approximately 1.1 million victims of the camp, the majority of whom were Jews. The Auschwitz memorial site and museum, located near the city of Oswiecim, serves as a somber reminder of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust.
