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Auschwitz: How Holocaust survivors are preserving history

Denial and distortion are present on all online platforms.

2025 marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. It was at the centre of the Nazi campaign to eradicate Europe's Jewish population, and almost one million of those who died there were Jews - but Poles, Roma and Russian prisoners of war, among many others, also perished at the camp.

Memorials, historical documentation and testimony from survivors help preserve this troubled history. But disinformation and cultural amnesia mean many people deny that the Holocaust happened.

We hear from 成人快手 presenter Jordan Dunbar, who visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Poland for a 成人快手 documentary. He has been speaking to survivors of the Holocaust. He tells us about how this disinformation is spreading online, and what鈥檚 being done to preserve accurate accounts of history.

Plus, we also hear from Andy Pearce, an associate professor and historian at University College London鈥檚 Centre for Holocaust Education, about how to approach conversations where Holocaust misinformation or denial is present.

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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: William Lee Adams, Benita Barden and Emilia Jansson
Editor: Verity Wilde

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14 minutes

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Tue 28 Jan 2025 03:50GMT

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