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Concentration Camp Auschwitz, Corpses of dead prisoners are all over the camp. 27th January 1945. Most of them had died of starvation, forced labor and lack of disease control. The camp was liberated by soldiers of the Soviet Union in the First Army of the Ukrainian Front, under the command of Marshal Koniev, on 27th January, 1945. Poland. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Concentration Camp Auschwitz, Corpses of dead prisoners are all over the camp. 27th January 1945. Most of them had  died of starvation, forced labor and lack of disease control. The camp was liberated by soldiers of the Soviet Union in the First Army of the Ukrainian Front, under the command of Marshal Koniev, on 27th January, 1945. Poland. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)