Prisoner who managed to flee Auschwitz is seen alongside fellow inmates in newly-colorized images
Haunting images of prisoners taken as the entered Auschwitz have laid bare the horrifying reality of the Nazi's 'final solution' on the 75th anniversary of the death camp's liberation by Soviet troops. In total, 1.3 million people - largely Polish Jews but also other minorities and political prisoners - were transported to Auschwitz between 1942 and late 1944, of which 1.1 million died. The camp was liberated on January 27, 1945.
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