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Auschwitz Anniversary Feature (English)

Survivors light memorial candles

Survivors light memorial candles Source: AP photo Czarek Sokolowski

On 27 January 2017, 72 years ago, the Nazi death camp Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops.The date is used as a memorial for victims of the Holocaust.



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