"The ashes from the ruins floated high and far" The liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
January 27, 1945, is a symbolic date for former prisoners of the Auschwitz camp complex. In the afternoon, soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of the camp, which had been abandoned by the Germans. When they entered, silence reigned, and a few prisoners hid in barracks. The Germans, aware of the situation at the front and following the Red Army offensive, had time to prepare for the evacuation, so the vast majority of the still-living prisoners were led out […]