Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.

"I share this story, like many others who do, because we cannot forget all those innocent men, women and children who were slaughtered just because they were Jewish," said Friedman, who also noted that the Nazis targeted others,

It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the families of two survivors who resettled in Pittsburgh shared their stories.

In all, the Nazi regime murdered 6 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.

January 27, 2025, marks Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. CNN’s Melissa Bell sits down with survivors to speak about the importance of this specific anniversary.

Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops in one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.

World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.