POLAND-WWII-AUSCHWITZ-ATROCITIES

Women are pictured in their barrack after the liberation in January 1945 of the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) concentration camp. The Auschwitz camp was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim which, like other parts of Poland, was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. The name of the city of Oswiecim was changed to Auschwitz, which became the name of the camp as well. Over the following years, the camp was expanded and consisted of three main parts: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and Auschwitz III-Monowitz. Red Army soldiers liberated the few thousand prisoners whom the Germans had left behind in the camp, 27 January 1945. This photo is an excerpt from a Soviet filmed reenactment with Polish women briefly incarcerated in September 1944 and called back for the shooting a few weeks after their liberation. AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)