The faded Nazi concentration camp never fades in memory

Updated: 2015-01-27 11:26

(chinadaily.com.cn)

A guard tower and barbwire at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp covered with snow at the former Nazi-German concentration and extermination camp KL Auschwitz in Oswiecim-Brzezinka, Poland, Jan 26, 2015. [Photo/IC]

Ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp will take place on Jan 27, with some 300 former Auschwitz prisoners taking part in the commemoration event.

It is maybe the last major anniversary when survivors attend in numbers. The youngest are in their 70s.