Film showing footage of the Auschwitz camp after liberation. This footage was taken by Soviet military film crews.
When Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp complex in January 1945, they found evidence of the crimes committed at the camp by Nazi German authorities. This evidence included warehouses of clothes, suitcases, and other plundered belongings. The Nazis had stolen these items from Jews they had murdered or imprisoned in the camp. The Soviets also found masses of human hair that the Nazi authorities had shorn from people (mostly Jews) prior to their imprisonment or murder.
Item ViewSoviet troops entered the Auschwitz camp in Poland on January 27, 1945. This Soviet military footage shows children who were liberated at Auschwitz by the Soviet army. During the camp's years of operation, many children in Auschwitz were subjected to medical experiments by Nazi physician Josef Mengele.
Item ViewSoviet troops entered the Auschwitz killing center in January 1945 and liberated thousands of sick and exhausted prisoners. This Soviet military footage was filmed shortly after the camp was liberated. It shows Soviet doctors examining victims of sterilization, poisonous injection, and skin graft experiments.
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