Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.

Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis' largest death camp, witnessed unimaginable horrors, where 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. Survivors gathered on International Holocaust Remembrance Day,

Politicians were asked not to speak at this year's event, as it could be the last time survivors gather on 27 January, the date when the Soviets liberated the Nazi death camp in 1945. View on euronews

Some of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau have returned to the Nazi-German concentration and death camp, condemning a "huge rise" in antisemitism on the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

Survivors of a notorious Nazi death camp have warned a global rise in antisemitism was laying fertile ground for another Holocaust, as world leaders gathered to mark 80 years since Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Soviet Army.

Auschwitz survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, in what will likely be one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors.

Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp

Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.