Shoes from Auschwitz victims are a link to a nightmare in the past

The Nazi concentration camps set up by Hitler’s regime in World War Two are surely among the grimmest occurrences of the 20th century. One of the most notorious was Auschwitz-Birkenau in Nazi-occupied Poland. Now the local museum has begun a two year project as an emotional testament of lives brutally cut short. And a warning - this story contains some graphic descriptions of conditions within concentration camps.

The entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp with the sign 'Work sets you free' Source: Getty / Mirrorpix

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