Leading up to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazis' largest concentration camp, organizers vowed that this year's event would focus on the survivors, not the politicians. But as controversy runs rampant over President Vladimir Putin's anticipated absence from the ceremony, it's shaping up to be anything but apolitical.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) visits the memorial site at the former Auschwitz - Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Dec. 10, 2014.
