These things don't happen in Europe.' "So nobody believed them, and they stopped talking." Jeanette says it was only through a recording made by a school in the 1970s, showing Mascha describing her experiences to a group of children,

MIAMI - On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors in South Florida are sharing their stories of survival, resilience and hope to ensure the horrors of the past are never forgotten.

Commemorations are being held Monday on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, part of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

They can, however, function as a warning from history that we must never forget – a message especially relevant as the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day today. Every generation of film-makers comes to this terrible subject in their own way –  whether via the maximalist sprawl of 1985 documentary Shoah or the dizzying realism of 2015’s Son of Saul.

The Michalczyks have written, directed, and produced the documentary “Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Prelude to the Holocaust.” The film examines how Hitler’s hateful words about Jews, the disabled, and mixed races laid the groundwork for the Shoah.

On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis also noted that many Christians were killed in Nazi concentration camps.

Each year on Jan. 27, the world commemorates the Holocaust implemented by German dictator Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party, who came to power through the electoral process. Their persecution killed millions of Jews,

Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that barriers to “never again” have been falling away while antisemitism has been rising.

Kurt Hahn, a German educationalist, was arrested in his homeland in 1933 for speaking out against Adolf Hitler after the newly appointed Fuhrer granted an amnesty to five stormtroopers who had murdered a young communist.

As Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on Jan. 27, a town in southwestern Germany unflinchingly confronts its past and reaches out to Jews.

The museum has many disturbing reminders of the deadliest conflict in human history, but none are more haunting than those in the Holocaust exhibit.

World leaders and survivors will gather on the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to commemorate the lives lost and reflect on the enduring impact of the Holocaust.