The Liberation of Auschwitz, 80 Years Ago

The Liberation of Auschwitz, 80 Years Ago

Regarding what he expected when entering the gates of Auschwitz, Ivan Martynushkin, a soldier from the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front, one of the first Allied soldiers to reach Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, said, “We knew nothing.” “Only the highest-ranking officers of the General Staff had perhaps heard of the camp,” he…

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