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Australia marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Candles burn by a memorial plaque at the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland

Candles burn by a memorial plaque at the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland Source: AAP

The day of reflection, held each year on January 27, marks the day the largest Nazi death camp was liberated in 1945.


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By Sonja Heydeman

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The day of reflection, held each year on January 27, marks the day the largest Nazi death camp was liberated in 1945.



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