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Behind the Aegis

(55,194 posts) Thu Mar 27, 2025, 04:04 PM Thursday

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(JEWISH GROUP) Auschwitz marks 80th year since liberation (slideshow) (and personal photos)

The Auschwitz concentration camp operated by Nazi Germany is marking the 80th year since it was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 on March 27, 2025. The camp is near Oswiecim, Poland. Some 1.1 million Jewish people and other ethnicities were exterminated there. The grounds are now managed as the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum.

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My personal photos from a trip in 2017

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(JEWISH GROUP) Auschwitz marks 80th year since liberation (slideshow) (and personal photos) (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Thursday OP

I was there in April 2019...I have many of the same pictures. Didn't realize it was today. 80 years ago. Lucky Luciano Thursday #1

If you can't make there . . . leanforward Friday #2

Lucky Luciano

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1. I was there in April 2019...I have many of the same pictures. Didn't realize it was today. 80 years ago.

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Thu Mar 27, 2025, 07:56 PM

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leanforward

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2. If you can't make there . . .

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Fri Mar 28, 2025, 06:02 PM

Friday

Check out the Holocaust Memorial at 14th and C Sts SW. between and by the Bureau Engraving and Printing and USDA.

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