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Historical Photographs of Bergen Belsen

Upon the arrival of Soviet army soldiers at the site of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, the first discovery was the warehouse where eyeglasses, limbs, mugs, and piles of shoes were stored. initially, they thought. At first, they thought the camp was abandoned but it was later found that some prisoners were left behind by escaping nazi officers. The scene is vividly remembered by Soviet soldier Georgii Elisavetskii.