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Saturday 27th of January 1945

79 years ago



The 322nd Rifle Division of the Russian Red Army liberates the Auschwitz concentration camp in KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau, Birkenau, Małopolska, Poland.

The soldiers found 7.500 prisoners alive and over 600 corpses. Among items found by the Soviet soldiers were 370.000 men's suits, 837.000 women's garments, and 7.7 tonnes of human hair.