Survivors gather at Auschwitz camp

ELDERLY Auschwitz survivors gathered in the snow at the site of the former death camp yesterday to mark the 65th anniversary of its liberation.

Survivors, some with grown children — and others there to honour the millions killed by the Nazis — moved among the barracks and watchtowers of Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined Polish leaders for commemorative ceremonies at Birkenau, the larger of the two camps, where about a million Jews were murdered.