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Rescued From Hell: 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation by Soviet Army

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The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of the most horrific places of the 20th century, as countless people were subjected to extremely inhumane conditions and murdered by Nazi Germany there.

The notorious World War II death camp was liberated by the Red Army on 27 January 1945 - which was later designated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. When Soviet troops entered the camp, they found only 7,500 prisoners alive - while the number of those exterminated there is estimated at over one million.

Horrifying photos from the camp became one of the most shocking revelations of Nazi crimes in Europe and have become a constant reminder of the atrocities of war.

© Sputnik / B. Fishman / Go to the mediabankPrisoners at the Auschwitz extermination camp shortly before the arrival of Soviet troops.
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Prisoners at the Auschwitz extermination camp shortly before the arrival of Soviet troops.
© Sputnik / B. Fishman / Go to the mediabankSurvivors of the death camp celebrate their liberation by the Soviet Army.
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Survivors of the death camp celebrate their liberation by the Soviet Army.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankPrisoner barracks behind the fence at the Auschwitz death camp.
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Prisoner barracks behind the fence at the Auschwitz death camp.
© Sputnik / Olga Ignatovich / Go to the mediabankThe Red Army liberates Auschwitz prisoners in January 1945.
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The Red Army liberates Auschwitz prisoners in January 1945.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Yudin / Go to the mediabankA special commission inspects a barracks at the Auschwitz death camp after the liberation.
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A special commission inspects a barracks at the Auschwitz death camp after the liberation.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankA bench used for corporal punishment at Auschwitz.
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A bench used for corporal punishment at Auschwitz.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Yudin / Go to the mediabankFortified tents with machine-gun emplacements in Auschwitz.
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Fortified tents with machine-gun emplacements in Auschwitz.
© Sputnik / B. Borisov / Go to the mediabankPrisoners of the Auschwitz death camp photographed through the barbed wire.
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Prisoners of the Auschwitz death camp photographed through the barbed wire.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Yudin / Go to the mediabankSacks of hair from prisoners murdered in Auschwitz
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Sacks of hair from prisoners murdered in Auschwitz
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankBarbed wire that prevented prisoners from escaping the Auschwitz death camp.
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Barbed wire that prevented prisoners from escaping the Auschwitz death camp.
© Sputnik / B. Fishman / Go to the mediabankSoviet medics and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross examine prisoners during the first hours after the liberation of Auschwitz.
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Soviet medics and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross examine prisoners during the first hours after the liberation of Auschwitz.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Yudin / Go to the mediabankFunerals for the deceased prisoners at the Auschwitz death camp.
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Funerals for the deceased prisoners at the Auschwitz death camp.
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