The United Nations on Monday held a holocaust memorial ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan 27, 1945. The ceremony was held under the theme "Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights.

Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day to memorialize the six million Jews and millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.

The Holocaust Memorial Ceremony at the United Nations marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1945.

In a solemn memorial, survivors and world leaders gathered at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports.

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.

Survivors of Auschwitz, where the Nazis murdered more than 1.1 million people, urged world leaders to be vigilant against a dangerous rise in antisemitism and extremism during a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the death camp’s liberation in 1945.

Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.