Auschwitz liberation anniversary remembered in context of rising far-right

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Royalty, heads of state and dignitaries from more than 50 countries gathered in southern Poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where roughly a million Jews were killed. Speakers are exhorting the world to remember against a backdrop of rising antisemitism and far-right extremism.

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