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The gatehouse of Auschwitz II, also known as Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland during the Holocaust
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EVENTS will be staged in Britain and worldwide today to mark Holocaust Memorial Day – on the 80th anniversary of when, in 1945, the Red Army liberated the Nazis’ Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Poland.
The liberation of Auschwitz on January 27 was chosen as Holocaust Memorial Day for commemorations of acts of genocide, which also include those which took place in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Many events will also focus on today’s growth of fascist, far-right and neonazi parties and groups internationally, some gaining support in mainstream politics and elections.
On May 16 1944, Romani families in Auschwitz-Birkenau armed themselves with stones, tools, and sheer collective will, forcing the SS to retreat – leaving a legacy of defiance that speaks directly to the fascisms of today, says VICTORIA HOLMES
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Morning Star’s Race, Sex and Class Liberation conference last weekend, which discussed the dangers of incipient fascism and the spiralling drive to war