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27th January 1945: Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp

27th January 2023
Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Auschwitz, Concentration Camp, Germany, Holocaust, Nazi, Nazism, Poland, Racism, Red Army, Second World War, USSR

The advancing Soviet troops met some resistance from remaining Nazi troops in the Polish city of Oświęcim, but by 3pm on 27 January 1945 they had captured the Main Camp and Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

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24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

24th May 2022
Tagged as: Auschwitz, Experimentation, Germany, Holocaust, Medicine, Nazi, SS

Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel Of Death’, was transferred to begin work at Auschwitz concentration camp.

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27th January 1945: Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp

24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

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