What a Soviet soldier saw when his unit liberated Auschwitz 70 years ago

When the Soviet Army's 322nd Rifle Division entered the concentration camp at Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1945, they found a desolation. Mounted on shaggy ponies, they had proceeded with caution as they entered the camp, fearful of a Nazi ambush. But there was no trace of the German enemy. Eventually, Ivan Martynushkin, then a 21-year-old […]

















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