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76th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau photo.Tomasz Cebulski - Sky Heritage Pictures
January 17th, 1945 was the day of the last roll call in the Auschwitz system. Over 67,000 prisoners of which close to 19,000 women and over 48.,000 men were counted still alive. The next few days till January 21st was marked with a hectic evacuation of Auschwitz inmates direction west.