Where was Auschwitz?
Auschwitz was the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp located in Oswiecim, Poland, just 37 miles from Cracow. One-sixth of all Jews murdered by the Nazis were gassed in Auschwitz. By January 1945, Soviet troops were advancing towards Auschwitz. The Nazis, desperate to withdraw, sent most of the 58,000 remaining prisoners on death marches. Most of these prisoners were killed en route to Germany. The Soviet army liberated Auschwitz on January 27, 1945 and found 7,650 barely living throughout the entire camp complex. Over one million Jews had been murdered in Auschwitz.
