Reblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world ("Auschwitz Memorial") wrote:
Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
Attachments:
- A historical black and white photo of young survivors in striped uniforms standing behind a barbed wire fence at Auschwitz concentration camp. (remote)
- Black and white historical photo of liberated prisoners walking under the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. (remote)
- Black and white historical photo showing a large hall filled with discarded clothing, with a person visible in the background. (remote)
- Historical black and white photograph of Auschwitz concentration camp after liberation showing dilapidated wooden barracks and victims' bodies on the ground. (remote)