It is getting harder and harder to hear about the Holocaust from people who lived through it. In Gulfport Sunday night, there was a rare opportunity to hear about Nazi-occupied Poland from a Jewish woman.

The solemn commemoration comes amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked by a ceremony widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

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The ceremony is widely regarded as the last major observance likely to see a significant number of survivors in attendance.

Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II.

Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.

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,

As the world remembers Auschwitz, the German far right has pushed back against the country's tradition of Holocaust remembrance, now with backing from US tech billionaire Elon Musk.

World: Survivors of the concentration camp were joined by notable figures, including Britain’s King Charles, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

On the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, 98-year-old survivor Marian Turski addresses the commemoration in Poland.