The Latest Breaking News from Auschwitz

The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland audiobook review – a remarkable tale of survival

The author reads his own account of the true story of two men who managed to flee Auschwitz

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

Holocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who warned of far-right populism in Europe, dies at age 97

Holocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who spent the late years of her life warning of the re-emergence of far-right populism and discrimination against minorities across Europe, has died

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Gal Gadot Opens Up About Thanking Arnold Schwarzenegger After His Recent Auschwitz Visit

Gal Gadot recently shared a photo of her and Arnold Schwarzenegger, but Hollywood was not their topic of conversation.

Cinemablend · Aug 26, 2023

At 12, I was in Auschwitz. My parents and seven siblings were murdered. Here is how I built a life

Ivor Perl survived the Holocaust, then spent 50 years quietly looking after his family and business in the UK. Eventually, he started to open up – describing the luck, hope, belief and pity that have helped him to live

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023

Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics after ruling party uses it in political ad

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

Auschwitz Museum condemns Polish party video using images of camp

A political video by Poland's ruling nationalist party that uses images of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz death camp is an insult to those who lost their lives there, the museum that preserves the site said on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 31, 2023

Cannes 2023 week two roundup – still a country for old men?

Films from Scorsese, Loach, Wim Wenders and more are some of the best in this year’s competition, but ahead of them all is Jonathan Glazer’s mighty Auschwitz drama The Zone of Interest

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023

The Zone of Interest: Jonathan Glazer’s film based loosely on Martin Amis’s novel is beautiful and terrible

The banal, systematic horror of Auschwitz is dealt with expertly by the English director

Evening Standard · May 21, 2023

Nazis and normality: UK directors unsettle Cannes with films tackling ‘unseen’ evil

Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer separately confront the Holocaust with themes prompted by a resurgence of the far right

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

Jonathan Glazer rocks Cannes with a chilling Holocaust drama from a different perspective

Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a chilling Auschwitz-set drama shot through “a 21st century lens,” has delivered the Cannes Film Festival’s first critical sensation by approaching the Holocaust from an unlikely perspective

The Independent UK · May 20, 2023