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

Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered

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.