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Upon entering the Auschwitz camp (January 27, 1945), the Soviets discovered nearly 200 children under…
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Upon entering the Auschwitz camp (January 27, 1945), the Soviets discovered nearly 200 children under the age of 15. Here, children were used for “scientific experiments” by Mengele, the camp’s Nazi doctor.
Photo, Feb. 1, 1945 © Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (DR)
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15.1 The Scale of the Genocide
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A parade of UJJ members on July 14, 1945. Among those present were Resistance fighters who had survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
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A view of the “death march” from the Dachau camp in April 1945. German civilians secretly photographed several “death marches.”
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Battle of May 8, 1945, heralding Germany’s surrender.
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Buchenwald: American soldiers standing in front of a mass grave of burned bodies (April 12, 1945).
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Drawing by the communist engraver Pierre Provost, an active participant in the Buchenwald camp uprising (April 11, 1945).
