Photogallery: Poland, Auschwitz – A Memory of Inhuman Cruelty
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Poland, Auschwitz – A Memory of Inhuman Cruelty
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Published: 5.5.2022
At the mouth of the river Soly to the Vistula in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship lies the city of Auschwitz, which has become infamous for the presence of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau concentration camps (inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1979). These largest German extermination camps during the Nazi era are now being transformed into dignified memorials to the horrors of genocide and are also symbols of the Holocaust. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we invite you for a short walk through this place of inhumanity.
Text and photos: Oskár Mažgút
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