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World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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322nd Rifle Division
Military unit
The 322nd Rifle Division was a standard Red Army rifle division during World War II. It is most notable for liberating Auschwitz concentration camp as part of the 60th Army on January 27, 1945, in the course of the Vistula-Oder offensive. Prior to this the division also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
Soviet action during World War II
On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz—a Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp in occupied Poland where more than a million people were murdered as part of the Nazis' "Final Solution" to the Jewish question—was liberated by the Soviet Red Army during the Vistula–Oder Offensive.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Auschwitz concentration camp
Nazi concentration camp in Poland (1940–1945)
Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)