Death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation

Death camp survivors marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during the Second World War in a modest ceremony on Saturday in southern Poland.

About 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe laid wreaths and flowers and lit candles at the Death Wall in Auschwitz.