Слайд 270th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp
Millions of
lives lost, devastated countries and six years of bloody clashes after the Second World War came to an end in May 1945. A few months earlier, in January of that year, the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz was finally liberated by the Soviet troops
Auschwitz survivors, 70 years on
Слайд 3Auschwitz death camp survivor Jadwiga Bogucka (maiden name Regulska), 89, who
was registered with camp number 86356, poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. During the Warsaw Uprising in August, 1944, when Bogucka was 19, she and her mother were sent from their house to a camp in Pruszkow and then moved on August 12, 1944 by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. About 1.5 million people, most of them Jews, were killed at the Nazi camp which has became a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust and World War Two. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 4Auschwitz death camp survivor Jadwiga Bogucka (maiden name Regulska), 89, holds
a picture of herself from 1944 in Warsaw. The camp was liberated by Soviet Red Army troops on January 27, 1945 and about 200,000 camp inmates survived. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 5Auschwitz death camp survivor Marian Majerowicz, 88, who was registered with
camp number 157715, poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 13, 2015. Originally from Myszkow, Majerowicz was 17 when he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. At the camp he was briefly reunited with his father, who told him that his mother and younger brother were both killed in the gas chambers. Majerowicz's father didn't survive the war. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 6Auschwitz death camp survivor Eva Fahidi, 90, holds a picture of
her family, who were all killed in the concentration camp during World War Two, as she poses for a portrait in Budapest, January 12, 2015. Fahidi was 18 in 1944 when she and her family were moved from Debrecen to Auschwitz-Birkenau. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Слайд 7Auschwitz death camp survivor Stefan Sot, 83, holds a picture of
himself taken during the war, in Warsaw, January 5, 2015. After the war he worked as a typesetter at a printing house. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 8Auschwitz death camp survivor Elzbieta Sobczynska (maiden name Gremblicka), 80, who
was registered with camp number 85536, gestures as she poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 7, 2015. During the Warsaw Uprising, when Sobczynska was 10-years-old, she was sent with her mother and brother from their home to a camp in Pruszkow and then moved by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. There they were separated into blocks for women, girls and boys. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 9Auschwitz death camp survivor Halina Brzozowska, 82, who was registered with
camp number 86356, poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. Brzozowska was 12-years-old during the Warsaw Uprising when her family were sent to a camp in Pruszkow, she and her 6-year-old sister were then moved by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Brzozowska said that it was hard to say what had happened to them, that they were taken from their homes, family and lost their childhood. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 10Auschwitz death camp survivor Bogdan Bartnikowski, 82, holds a family photograph
as he poses for a portrait in Warsaw, December 18, 2014. After the war Bartnikowski worked as a pilot and then became a journalist and writer. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 11Auschwitz death camp survivor Henryk Duszyk, 80, who was registered with
camp number 192692, poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. Duszyk was 10-years-old during the Warsaw Uprising in August, 1944. He was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau with his father, brother and stepmother. The family were separated and Duszyk only saw his father once more before he was killed at the camp. Duszyk, his brother and stepmother were kept at Auschwitz-Birkenau until the camp was liberated. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 12Auschwitz death camp survivor Laszlo Bernath, 87, poses for a portrait
in Budapest, January 12, 2015. Bernath credits his father being a practical man with his survival of Auschwitz. He was 15 when they were taken but his father told him to lie about his age so that they would not be separated. Even whilst in the camp, Bernath had no idea about the gas chambers. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Слайд 13Auschwitz death camp survivor Laszlo Bernath, 87, holds up a picture
of his family, who were all killed in the concentration camp during World War Two, in Budapest, January 12, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Слайд 14Auschwitz death camp survivor Janina Reklajtis, 80, who was registered with
camp number 83043, holds a photo of herself taken during the war as she poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 7, 2015. Reklajtis was 12-years-old during the Warsaw Uprising when she and her mother were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. They were sent to a labor camp in Berlin in January 1945 and were kept there until they were liberated. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 15Auschwitz death camp survivor Danuta Bogdaniuk-Bogucka (maiden name Kaminska), 80, poses
for a portrait in Warsaw, January 5, 2015. Bogdaniuk-Bogucka was 10-years-old when she was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp with her mother. Bogdaniuk-Bogucka was part of Josef Mengele's experiments when she was in Auschwitz. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 16Auschwitz death camp survivor Erzsebet Brodt, 89, holds a picture of
her family, who were killed in the concentration camp during World War Two, as she poses for a portrait in Budapest, January 12, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Слайд 17Auschwitz death camp survivor Jerzy Ulatowski, 83, who was registered with
camp number 192823, poses for a photo in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. Ulatowski was taken by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau when he was 13-years-old. In January 1945 he managed to escape with his family, as there was a lack of power in the barbed wire surrounding the camp. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 18Auschwitz death camp survivor Jacek Nadolny, 77, who was registered with
camp number 192685, holds up a wartime photo of his family, as he poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 7, 2015. In January 1945 the family was moved to a labor camp in Berlin. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 19Auschwitz death camp survivor Janos Forgacs, 87, holds a document as
he poses for a portrait in Budapest, January 12, 2015. Forgacs recalls that he was in a group transported to a camp in a cattle wagon, with the windows sealed by barbed wire. A military officer told them to hand over their belongings, telling them they would not need them anymore. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Слайд 20Auschwitz death camp survivor Maria Stroinska, 82, gestures as she poses
for a portrait in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. Stroinska was 12-years-old during the Warsaw Uprising when she and her sister were sent from their house to a camp in Pruszkow before she was moved alone by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 21Auschwitz death camp survivor Maria Stroinska, 82, holds a family photo
taken before the war, as she poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 22Auschwitz death camp survivor Lajos Erdelyi, 87, holds a drawing made
by a campmate as he poses for a portrait in Budapest, January 13, 2015. Erdelyi was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in May 1944 and was later moved to another camp. When he was freed he weighed under 30kg, but tried to walk home. He collapsed, and was taken to a hospital by a farmer. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Слайд 23Auschwitz death camp survivor Elzbieta Sobczynska (maiden name Gremblicka), 80, holds
her father's watch, which was kept by her brother while they were in the camp. Sobczynska said that she was robbed of her childhood, and lost the chance to experience a different kind of life. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 24Auschwitz death camp survivor Halina Brzozowska, 82, holds a picture of
herself which was taken during the war, as she poses for a portrait in Warsaw, January 12, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Слайд 26A general view of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination
camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 27Suitcases that belonged to people brought to Auschwitz for extermination are
displayed at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 28General view of wooden bunks inside a destroyed barracks at the
former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 29General view of a 'wall of death' at the former German
Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 30Discarded shoes are displayed at the former German Nazi concentration and
extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 31General view of destroyed barracks at the former German Nazi concentration
and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 32Artificial limbs that belonged to people brought to Auschwitz for extermination
are displayed at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 33The sign Arbeit macht frei (Work makes you free) is pictured
at the main gate of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 34Empty Zyklon B canisters are displayed at the former German Nazi
concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 35A general view of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination
camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 36A general view of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination
camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 37Glasses that belonged to people brought to Auschwitz for extermination are
displayed at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 38An Israeli national flag is seen at destroyed barracks at the
former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 39Visitors look at a display of discarded shoes at the former
German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 40A large tent erected ahead of an anniversary ceremony is seen
at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 41A general view of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination
camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski
Слайд 44A large tent erected ahead of an anniversary ceremony is seen
at the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near Oswiecim January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Ulatowski