The SS guards abandoned the guard posts surrounding Auschwitz during the night of 20-21 January 1945. At its height, in the summer of 1944, the Auschwitz complex, which comprised three basic camps the main camp, Birkenau and Monowitz and.
76 Years Ago Today Auschwitz Was Liberated
Auschwitz was by far the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps according to History.
And today marks the day that the Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian entered the camp to free the prisoners that were detained inside of Auschwitz s gates in 1945. The Red Army obtained detailed information about Auschwitz only after the liberation of Cracow, and was therefore unable to reach the gates of Auschwitz before January 27, 1945 - Auschwitz.org.
Auschwitz wasn t the only concentration camp that was liberated on January 27, 1945.
Both the Main Camp, Birkenau, and Monowitz prisoners awaited The Red Army to free seven thousand of them.