Vistula–Oder offensive
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The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945. The army made a major advance into German-held territory, capturing Kr
Soviet troops enter Łódź on January 17, 1945, led by an ISU-122 self-propelled gun
Disposition of forces and advance of the Soviet Army
Delegation of German officers arriving to negotiate for the capitulation of Festung Breslau
Vistula–Oder offensive
On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz—a Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp in occupied Poland where more than a million people were murdered as part of the Nazis' "Final Solution" to the Jewish qu
Vistula–Oder offensive
…heartland of Germany and Austria, sometimes for weeks at a time. On 27 January, troops from Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front (322nd Rifle Division, 60th Army) liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. Despite attempts by retreating SS units to destroy parts of the camp, the Soviet forces still found graphic evidence…
Newly liberated prisoners at Auschwitz in 1945
Soviet soldiers liberating Auschwitz concentration camp
On January 27, 2020, over 200 Auschwitz and Holocaust survivors met in front of the Death Gate at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation.