By Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) -Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops,

In all, the Germans murdered six million Jews from all over Europe, annihilating two-thirds of Europe's Jews and one-third of all Jews worldwide. In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Across Europe, officials and others were pausing to remember.

An exclusive interview with Auschwitz survivor and award-winning photographer Ryszard Horowitz, on his extraordinary life and his perilous childhood as a Jewish boy in Nazi-occupied Kraków.

January 27, known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp. BBC Arts tapped Two Rivers Media to commemorate the event with the feature documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz.

Leaders from around the globe gathered on Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp that symbolizes one of history’s greatest atrocities.

In June, the first performances of a new opera-ballet, “The Orchestras of Auschwitz,” will be performed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. The score includes some of Geyer’s discoveries, which will be performed by Constella Music and choreographed by Claudia Schreier, choreographer in residence of Atlanta Ballet.

Charles joins dignitaries from around the world to mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi concentration camp while Prince and Princess of Wales attend service in London alongside Keir Starmer

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being observed at the site of the former death camp.

Charles visited the heart of Krakow’s Jewish community as commemorations began marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

When Teresa Regula arrived at Auschwitz as a 16-year-old, the first real pain she experienced was of her ears burning.

Chabad Shliach Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler sounded the shofar and Israel's former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau recited Kaddish at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Auschwitz.