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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremon at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremon at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to attend the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to attend the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Candles and flowers are placed by a concrete slabs on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz - Birkenau, at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Candles and flowers are placed by a concrete slabs on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz - Birkenau, at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Tova Friedman, 86, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz as a little girl, poses for a photo ahead of commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, Sunday, Jan. 26. 2025, in Krakow, Poland. (AP Photo/Vanessa Gera)

Tova Friedman, 86, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz as a little girl, poses for a photo ahead of commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, Sunday, Jan. 26. 2025, in Krakow, Poland. (AP Photo/Vanessa Gera)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

French President Emmanuel Macron walks past the wall of names during ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, at the Paris Holocaust Memorial, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

French President Emmanuel Macron walks past the wall of names during ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, at the Paris Holocaust Memorial, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Former Auschwitz prisoner Leon Weintraub speaks during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Former Auschwitz prisoner Leon Weintraub speaks during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Canadian Holocaust survivor Miriam Ziegler holds up a photo of her (circled) as as she attends the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian Holocaust survivor Miriam Ziegler holds up a photo of her (circled) as as she attends the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Holocaust survivor David Mandel is applauded has he arrives to attend the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Holocaust survivor David Mandel is applauded has he arrives to attend the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

A survivor attends a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A survivor attends a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives stand at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives stand at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Polish President Andrzej Duda kneels in front of the Death Wall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Polish President Andrzej Duda kneels in front of the Death Wall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Holocaust survivors and guests sit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust survivors and guests sit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

People visit the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

People visit the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust survivors and family members gather at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Holocaust survivors and family members gather at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Holocaust survivors stand during a moment of silence during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Holocaust survivors stand during a moment of silence during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A survivor attends a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A survivor attends a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives attend a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

French President Emmanuel Macron closes his eyes after laying a wreath at the Paris Holocaust Memorial and before heading to Auschwitz for the international ceremony marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp and Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

French President Emmanuel Macron closes his eyes after laying a wreath at the Paris Holocaust Memorial and before heading to Auschwitz for the international ceremony marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp and Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Holocaust survivors and family members gather at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Holocaust survivors and family members gather at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski addresses guests at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski addresses guests at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman addresses guests at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman addresses guests at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Gilya Shklyar, 86, a Holocaust survivor, attends an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Gilya Shklyar, 86, a Holocaust survivor, attends an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Lyubov Kozhinskaya rests her head on husband Yakov Shvartsevan, a Holocaust survivor, during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Lyubov Kozhinskaya rests her head on husband Yakov Shvartsevan, a Holocaust survivor, during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)