Auschwitz survivors mark 70 years

About 300 survivors of the Auschwitz death camp were gathering on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.

They were being joined by world leaders for a commemoration held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe.

The gathering in southern Poland marked perhaps the last major anniversary that survivors of the Nazi camp will be able to attend in numbers, given that the youngest are now in their 70s. Some 1,500 attended the 60th anniversary.