75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Camp Liberation Comes as Anti-Semitic Attacks Rise
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- By Zlatica Hoke
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan delegation Tuesday on a visit to the former Nazi camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. More than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, died in the death camp before it was liberated by the allied forces 75 years ago. The main event commemorating the event will be held in Jerusalem Thursday. VOA's Zlatica Hoke has more.