NEW: There are fewer than 500 living survivors of Auschwitz in the U.S. Many have vowed to never set foot again inside the former Nazi death camp.

Ralph Hakman, 94, feels pulled to go back. I joined him this week on his fourth return to Poland.

latimes.com/world-nation/s… It was May 1942 when Ralph was shipped on a cattle car to Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was 17 and turned 20 before he got out.

75 years later, he's among dozens of survivors who will gather at "death's gate" Monday for a memorial of the camp's liberation latimes.com/world-nation/s…

I dug into the history of the LeBarons, the large Mormon clan of dual U.S.-Mexican citizens whose members were killed in Sonora. The extended family has a fascinating story and has unfortunately experienced violence before -- as victims and perpetrators latimes.com/world-nation/s… The 3 women and 14 kids who were ambushed as they drove toward Arizona from the Sonora town of Bavispe included descendants of a fundamentalist Mormon community that has lived in Mexico for decades. A suspect has been arrested for the nine deaths latimes.com/world-nation/s…