65th anniversary events today mark liberation of Nazi death camp at Auschwitz by Russians

WARSAW: Auschwitz survivors, Soviet army veterans who liberated them 65 years ago and leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will today honor the 1.1 million victims of the notorious Nazi death camp.

With their numbers dwindling year by year, about one hundred survivors are expected to attend ceremonies marking the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 Red Army liberation of the Nazi German camp, an enduring and stark reminder of the horror of the Holocaust.

"Soon we will no longer be able to speak face to face with survivors. Most are over 80 years old now," said Piotr Cywinski, director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.