Auschwitz

David Dushman. Picture: Collected
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Last surviving Auschwitz liberator David Dushman dies aged 98

Dushman, a Jewish Red Army veteran who later became an Olympic fencer, died in Germany on Saturday

FILE PHOTO: The "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) gate is pictured on the site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz, empty due to Covid-19 restrictions, two days before the 76th virtual anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Oswiecim, Poland, January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary virtually amid pandemic fears

Gerhard Wiese, former chief prosecutor of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial attends an interview with Reuters in Frankfurt, Germany, January 25, 2020. Picture taken January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
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German Auschwitz prosecutor recalls powerful tales from Holocaust survivors

Russian Jew David Dushman, who was one of the soldiers who liberated Auschwitz 75 years ago in January 1945, speaks to Reuters journalists in Munich, Germany January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Ayhan Uyanik
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'Only eyes': Auschwitz liberator recalls death camp inmates 75 years on

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki lay wreaths at the "death wall" in the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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Merkel pays first visit as chancellor to Auschwitz death camp