2015年CRI 奥斯维辛集中营解放70周年 暴风雪席卷美国（在线收听）

Europe is remembering a time of darkness, as Tuesday marked 70 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.

Some 300 Holocaust survivors returned to Auschwitz for a memorial event at the former site of the Nazi death camp, joined by world leaders including the presidents of Poland, France, Germany, Austria and Ukraine.

Auschwitz survivors called to world leaders to remember the atrocities and fight for tolerance.

Anniversary ceremonies also took place in other parts of Europe and at Israel's Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem.

Travel bans have been lifted in New York, New Jersey, and parts of Massachusetts with the easing of the blizzard that swept across the northeastern United States.

A blizzard warning remains in effect for much of Massachusetts and Rhode Island but has been lifted for the New York area as the city was spared from the storm's brunt.

The US National Weather Service has admitted its forecasts were wrong, saying the storm has moved further east and will be departing faster, resulting in much less snow.

Meteorologists previous predicted up to 90cm of snow in New York area.