"Auschwitz is unique," explains series producer and writer Lawrence Rees. "It has a physical beginning in May 1940 and physical ending in January 1945, and is the site of the single largest mass ...

(RNS) — It was a “one size fits all” day of Jewish mourning ... On this day in 1945 — 80 years ago — the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some people would say that this ...