On January 27, 1945, observed as Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Soviet army liberated prisoners from Auschwitz, revealing unimaginable horrors perpetrated by the Third Reich.
German prosecutors are working to bring the last surviving Holocaust perpetrators to court. But what are the legal hurdles they need to clear? And why have they waited so long?
Auschwitz to Geppersdorf: Shining a light on a little-known death march
In 1945, Nazi prisoners were marched past Rembert Boese s family home. Years later, after learning about the incident, he investigated the harrowing death march. Today, he wants the victims to be remembered properly.
Rembert Boese hopes his research will ensure that those killed on the death march will not be forgotten In 1994, my aunt told me about a group of prisoners who were marched down our road in late January 1945, recalls Rembert Boese, who now lives in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. He says his aunt was shocked by the sight of the emaciated people, and wondered what would happen to them once the war was over.