Survivors Honored 70 Years After Liberation of Auschwitz
A survivor touches the 'Wall of Death' in the former Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz.
Ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp take place on January 27, with some 300 former Auschwitz prisoners taking part in the commemoration event.
Nazi Germany built the Auschwitz camp in 1940 as a place of incarceration for the Poles. From 1942, it became the largest site of extermination of the Jews from Europe.
In Auschwitz, Nazis killed at least 1.1 million people, mainly Jews, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and prisoners of other ethnicities. On January 27, 1945 the camp was liberated by the Red Army soldiers.
Ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp take place on January 27, with some 300 former Auschwitz prisoners taking part in the commemoration event.
Nazi Germany built the Auschwitz camp in 1940 as a place of incarceration for the Poles. From 1942, it became the largest site of extermination of the Jews from Europe.
In Auschwitz, Nazis killed at least 1.1 million people, mainly Jews, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and prisoners of other ethnicities. On January 27, 1945 the camp was liberated by the Red Army soldiers.
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Survivors of Auschwitz arrive to the former camp in Oswiecim.
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski walks with survivors.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrives for a ceremony.
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Director Steven Spielberg attends a ceremony unveiling the Pillars of Remembrance.
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