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Business News/ Photos / 70 years on, Auschwitz survivors remember horrors of holocaust

70 years on, Auschwitz survivors remember horrors of holocaust

Auschwitz in Poland was the largest of the Nazi concentration camps. At least 1.1 million people, mainly Jews, were killed here. On 27 January, 1945 the camp was liberated by the Russian Red Army soldiers. Seventy years later, many survivors, most now in the 90s, visit the camp.

Mordechai Ronen, a Holocaust survivor, who was 11 years old when he arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, breaks down when he visits the camp again. AFP

1/9Mordechai Ronen, a Holocaust survivor, who was 11 years old when he arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, breaks down when he visits the camp again. AFP

Auschwitz survivor Miroslaw Celka walks out of the camp gate. The sign on top reads- “Work makes you free”. AFP

2/9Auschwitz survivor Miroslaw Celka walks out of the camp gate. The sign on top reads- “Work makes you free”. AFP

90-year-old holocaust survivor Hy Abrams with a diary that documents all the different concentration camps he was held in, names that still haunt him: Auschwitz, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee. Reuters

3/990-year-old holocaust survivor Hy Abrams with a diary that documents all the different concentration camps he was held in, names that still haunt him: Auschwitz, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee. Reuters

In this January 1945 file photo, three Auschwitz prisoners talk to Soviet soldiers after the Nazi concentration camp was liberated. AP

4/9In this January 1945 file photo, three Auschwitz prisoners talk to Soviet soldiers after the Nazi concentration camp was liberated. AP

Marta Wise, a survivor, holds the famous black-and-white photo, taken by the Russian liberators of Auschwitz, that shows her with about a dozen children in rags behind barbed wire. AP

5/9Marta Wise, a survivor, holds the famous black-and-white photo, taken by the Russian liberators of Auschwitz, that shows her with about a dozen children in rags behind barbed wire. AP

The railway tracks at Auschwitz camp. The extermination that included mass deportations of Jews by Nazi Germany began after Poland was invaded in September 1939. AFP

6/9The railway tracks at Auschwitz camp. The extermination that included mass deportations of Jews by Nazi Germany began after Poland was invaded in September 1939. AFP

A visitor walks past prisoners’ shoes on display at the Auschwitz memorial site. AFP

7/9A visitor walks past prisoners’ shoes on display at the Auschwitz memorial site. AFP

An Auschwitz death camp survivor holds up a picture of his family, all killed in the concentration camp. Reuters

8/9An Auschwitz death camp survivor holds up a picture of his family, all killed in the concentration camp. Reuters

88-years-old Marian Majerowicz with his camp number engraved on his arm. Reuters

9/988-years-old Marian Majerowicz with his camp number engraved on his arm. Reuters

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