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Hidden Objects found at Auschwitz Extermination Camp

Dozens of hidden items, including cutlery, scissors and scraps of leather were found beneath a chimney at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex

Holocaust Survivors

A group of child survivors behind a barbed wire fence at the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. Taken after Soviet troops liberate the camp.

Holocaust statue

survivor at barbed wire

Yellow Star

Starting in September 1941, Jews in Germany were stigmatized by having to wear the Yellow Star. It had been introduced earlier in the territories…

Personal Treasures Confiscated from Jewish Prisoners

Suitcases confiscated from prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp, circa 1941–45.

Nazi Death Train

This train is transporting Jewish prisoners from Iasi, Romania to an extermination camp.