Graffiti removed shortly after it is discovered; Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum says incident is 'painful'

Memorial and camp to remain shut until at least March 25; March of the Living already postponed

Holocaust memorial day incidents include racist poster tacked onto a Democratic Party bulletin board near Vicenza and a swastika in a Rome high school

New book details how unmarried women were tricked into showing up for deportation, and follows the few who managed against all odds to survive three long years of hell on earth

Jewish German refugee translated during interrogations of Nazi leaders including Hermann Goering and Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss