Himmler Halts Gassing: Holocaust Cover-Up Begins
Soviet soldiers of the 322nd Rifle Division entered Auschwitz and found approximately 7,500 emaciated survivors among piles of corpses and warehouses full of victims' possessions, including 370,000 men's suits and 7.7 tonnes of human hair. The Nazis had evacuated 58,000 prisoners on death marches in the preceding weeks, and most of the camp's gas chambers and crematoria had been demolished to hide evidence. The liberation of Auschwitz revealed the full industrial scale of the Holocaust to the world.
January 27, 1945
81 years ago
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