Sixtieth Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Wednesday, November 13, 2024


Sixtieth Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
Visitors at the Birkenau Museum view the many faces of the men, women and children at the Auschwitz II - Birkenau which was built in March 1942 in the village of Brzezinka, Poland. Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images.



BREZEZINKA, POLAND.- The Sixtieth Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp will be commemorated at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site at 2:30 PM on January 27, 2005. As the Red Army approached, the SS evacuated the camp on January 17 and 18, 1945. Tens of thousands of prisoners were marched through the freezing cold in the direction of Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald and other concentration camps in Germany. Uncounted numbers of prisoners lost their lives during this march.

On January 27, 1945, soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front, under the command of Field Marshall Ivan Konev, reached Oświęcim. Over 230 Soviet soldiers fell during the fighting to liberate the city and nearby areas.

About 7,000 prisoners awaited liberation in the Auschwitz I, Birkenau, and Monowitz camps. Some 500 prisoners were liberated before or shortly after January 27 in the Stara Kuźnia, Blachownia Śląska, Świętochłowice, Wesoła, Libiąż, Jawiszowice, and Jaworzno sub-camps.

From 1940 to 1945, the Nazis deported over a million Jews, almost 150,000 Poles, 23,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet POWs, and over 10,000 prisoners of other nationalities to Auschwitz. The overwhelming majority of them died in the camp.










Today's News

January 8, 2005

Art Miami 2005: Celebrating 15 Years of Fine Art Opens

Crystal Skull at the British Museum is Fake

Sixtieth Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

Vladimir Putin Visits Peter Tchaikovsky Mseum

New Play Portrays Art Collector Peggy Guggenheim

An Economy of Specific Bodies and Particular Objects

Strasbourg Court Sentences Art Thief to 26 Months

Antique Map Thief Sentenced to Four and a Half Years

Author and Artist Guy Davenport Dies

Donatella Versace Art Collection To Be Auctioned

Acclaimed Italian Architect Antonio Citterio Visits Boston




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful