BC-Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary, ADVISORY

Auschwitz survivors and world leaders are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi death camp's liberation by Soviet troops The Associated Press will provide coverage of the anniversary events as well as stories of those who survived.

The AP plans the following coverage. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22 Auschwitz-Portraits of Survivors - A photo package featuring survivors of the Auschwitz death camp who now live in Germany, Poland, Sweden, Russia, the United States and Israel. Text and photos have moved.

Germany-Auschwitz Survivor, from Munich - Eva Umlauf was only two years old when she was liberated from Auschwitz. She does not have any conscious memories from her early childhood in the Nazi death camp but the nightmarish experience has cast a dark shadow over her entire life. Text, photos and video have moved.

Auschwitz-Holocaust Politics, from Warsaw - Over the next week, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation by Soviet forces of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany’s death camps. That there will be two competing ceremonies — in Jerusalem on Thursday and at the Auschwitz site in southern Poland next Monday — is only one sign of how politically charged the memory of World War II remains as nationalist leaders in Poland and Russia seek to harness historical memory for political gain. Text and photos have moved.

THURSDAY, Jan. 23 Israel-Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary, from Jerusalem - Dozens of world leaders will arrive in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the genocide and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Prince Charles are among the more than 40 royals and heads of state attending. ::Text, photo and edited video coverage planned. Event begins around 1130GMT. ::Live video coverage planned.

FRIDAY, Jan. 24 Auschwitz-Brooklyn Women Survivors - Seventy five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a survivor recounts the story of her life in Brooklyn after WWII. As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, more than 40 women who survived the worst of Nazi Germany live in the New York borough. ::Text, photos and video moving around 1500GMT.

With: Russia-Auschwitz Survivor - Yevgeny Kovalev, a 92-year-old Russian who was imprisoned in Auschwitz from 1943-44 for helping Soviet partisans blow up railways and trains to sabotage the Nazi invaders, recalls whippings so brutal that his shirt became drenched in blood. ::Text, photos and video will move around 1000GMT.

MONDAY, Jan. 27 Poland-Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary, from Oswiecim - Survivors and world leaders come together at Auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nazi death camp's liberation by Soviet troops. ::Text, photo and edited video coverage planned throughout the day. ::Live video coverage planned.

STORIES THAT PREVIOUSLY MOVED Auschwitz-The Death Camp - A photo essay that looks at the remnants of the camp today. Text and photos have moved.

Israel-Scars of Auschwitz, from Jerusalem - Seventy-five years after the Auschwitz death camp was liberated, Maurice Gluck is one of 75 survivors featured in a commemorative photo project. The unique exhibition is just one of the various events marking the anniversary and commemorating its victims as the notorious camp’s few and aging survivors slowly disappear. Text, photos and video have moved.

Sweden-Auschwitz Survivor, from Stockholm - A 94-year-old Auschwitz survivor, Leon Wintraub, delivers a warning to those who may have forgotten. Video has moved.