Faces of Auschwitz: the shocking stories of survivors of the death camp.

Unfortunately, history is often presented to us bitter lessons. Today, January 27, marks exactly 70 years since the Soviet army liberated the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp (Auschwitz). The figures terrifying: about 1, 5 million people, most of them Jews, were killed in a Nazi camp, which became a symbol of the terrible Holocaust. And only a little more than two thousand inmates of Auschwitz in the end managed to survive.

But few people in our time to wonder what it is - to live and sleep after what he saw? What these people are constantly thinking? As day after day they deal with the heavy burden of memories that torment the soul? To find the answer, scrutinized closely in these deep portraits of survivors at the time the death camp Auschwitz, called ...

Eva Faid


in the hands of the Jacek Nadolny




The man with the serial number 192,731 at Auschwitz - Bogdan Bartnikovsky


Jadwiga Bogucka




This old man by the name Lajos Erdelyi


The name of this brave woman who poses for a photo with his wartime - Barbara Donetska




Bernat Laszlo




This Imre Varsany


Galina Brzozowski




Janos Forgách


In the hands of the Mary Stroinskoy




Under the serial number 192,692 at Auschwitz was listed as Henrik Dusík


Elizabeth Brodt «When the train arrived at Auschwitz, we saw that everything was dead inside».





A man by the name Stephen Acres




Danuta Bogdanyuk-Bogucka


Number 192823 in Auschwitz - Jerzy Ulatovski


As you can see, it is - not just random pictures oldies. Behind each of them lies a lifetime of people who have survived the war and the terrible days in the concentration camps. I bow to those heroes who are not afraid to tell their story to the world. Show these photos to your friends - let them also admire the courage and strength of the human spirit!

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