The World War II extermination of Europe's Jews by Nazi Germany began after the invasion of Poland in 1939 and increased in scale with the creation of death camps.

With the world marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on 27 January here is its history, based on information from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit committed to fighting antisemitism, criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk for his social media post Thursday that used Nazi puns to taunt those who accused him of making a fascist salute at an event following President Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

Podcaster Joe Rogan has weighed in on the debate around whether Elon Musk did a Nazi salute, unsurprisingly coming out fighting for the tech mogul and calling his detractors “a--holes.” Rogan, who recently sidled up to Donald Trump,

The Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,’ the head of the ADL rebuked Donald Trump’s ‘best buddy’

The Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was liberated 80 years ago, is an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. Part of German dictator Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" plan for the genocide of European Jews, the camp operated near the occupied southern Polish town of Oswiecim between June 1940 and January 1945.

Thousands of women - schoolteachers, secretaries, nurses and camp guards - played a more or less active role in the Holocaust in the Eastern territories. A little-known facet of history.

Laura Smith, a member of the Towamencin Township Board of Supervisors in Pennsylvania , sparked outrage after sharing a TikTok video in which she performed a Nazi salute.

While defending Elon Musk's controversial gesture, Fox News viewers noticed that stuttering Charly Arnolt froze when trying to recreate the salute.

Fox News pundit Charly Arnolt stopped herself from doing Elon Musk's controversial salute live on air after claiming it was not a Nazi gesture and a "double standard"

As the backlash against Elon Musk continues after the Tesla CEO made a straight-arm, Nazi-like gesture during his speech Monday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the billionaire posted a series of Nazi-related puns on X Thursday to his more than 210 million followers.