The Gates Opened: Auschwitz Is Liberated
On January 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers entered the Auschwitz camp complex in Poland and freed about 7,000 prisoners — as the world began to learn the full horror of the Holocaust.
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The Knock at the Bookcase: Anne Frank Is Arrested
On August 4, 1944, Nazi police raided the secret annex in Amsterdam and arrested Anne Frank and seven others — three days after her last diary entry.
The Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
On April 19, 1943, the eve of Passover, about 700 young Jewish fighters rose up against the German forces liquidating the Warsaw Ghetto — and on the first day, the Germans were forced to retreat.