Two men enter the Nazi Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen through a gate with writing "Arbeit macht frei" in German reading "Work makes free", on the eve on the International Holocaust Memorial Day in Oranienburg, Germany, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People throughout Europe and beyond observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflecting on the massacre of millions and the attempts to eliminate Jewish life in Europe more than 80 years ago.
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Holocaust survivor Bronislawa Horowitz-Karakulska attends a ceremony marking the 81th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in the Auschwitz Nazi death camp museum in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)Visitors take a tour though the Nazi Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen on the eve on the International Holocaust Memorial Day in Oranienburg, Germany, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)A group of Israeli soldiers looks at exhibits at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)A Holocaust survivor walks in the Auschwitz Nazi death camp museum during a ceremony marking the 81th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)The Auschwitz Nazi death camp is pictured prior to a ceremony marking the 81th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)People attend a ceremony marking the 81th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in the Auschwitz Nazi death camp museum in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)An Indian Jew offers prayers to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)White roses placed on a concrete slab of the Holocaust memorial to mark the International Holocaust Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)A man walks with a candle during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezin, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)People light candles during a vigil at the Holocaust memorial on the eve of the International Holocaust Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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