The Reader’s Notebook: Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

Published January 26, 2023 at 10:30 AM EST

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Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on January 27, 1945. About 7 thousand prisoners awaited liberation in the Main Camp, Birkenau, and Monowitz.

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