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Color photograph of two long lines of candles along the railway tracks leading up to the gate at Auschwitz. It is snowing and there is already a good amount on the ground. People can be seen in the background and off to the right side.
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Candles mark the railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp

Candles mark the railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camp. Poland, January 27, 2005.

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