In all, 56 survivors gathered under a huge tent on Monday set up over a gate and railway tracks at the site of the former camp.

WARSAW -- Auschwitz survivors and global leaders gathered at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation.

The anniversary at the site of the camp, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two to murder European Jews, was being attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

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Auschwitz survivors pay tribute to those who died at the camp on the 80th anniversary of its liberation:::: Oswiecim, PolandThe anniversary at the site of the camp on Monday, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two,

Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.

It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.