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Survivors and relatives place candles near the Death Wall during a ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi-run concentration camp in Poland, on Jan. 27, 2025.

FILE - This June 1958 image shows buildings behind a defunct high voltage electric fence of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz I, Poland, which was liberated by the Russians, January 1945.

Auschwitz is perhaps the most notorious of all the concentration camps, which numbered 42,500 throughout occupied Europe: camps for transit, slave labor and death.

The Auschwitz concentration camp operated by Nazi Germany is marking the 80th year since it was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 on March 27, 2025. The camp is near Oswiecim, Poland.

Auschwitz the labor and death camp The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939.

England's King Charles III (left) tours Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, following commemorations to mark 80 years since the liberation of the concentration camp on Jan. 27 in Oswiecim, Poland.