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Kazimierz Smolen, 91, Auschwitz survivor and museum director, dies on 67th anniversary of its liberation, near camp that once held him

Life ends on day of camp’s liberation.

August Kowalczyk: Auschwitz escapee, Holocaust survivor, and actor has died at 90

Kowalczyk was last surviving member of a group of Auschwitz prisoners who escaped in 1942.

Oldest Auschwitz survivor Antoni Dobrowolski dead at 108

Antoni Dobrowolski imprisoned for defying Nazis to teach Polish children

Norway police apologize for Auschwitz deportation of Jews

Apology for World War II deportations echoes prime minister

White roses left by mourners lie next to one of the many plaques detailing transports of Berlin Jews to concentration camps at the Gleis 17 (Track 17) memorial on the 70th anniversary of the deportations on Oct 18 in Berlin.

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