#OTD in 1945, American troops arrived at Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany, liberating some 1,500 remaining prisoners. Most prisoners had been evacuated on a death march just days prior. 📸 NARA pic.twitter.com/gQzq6X5Kun

"So we walked … not knowing where, not knowing why, not knowing what the purpose was, but still under guard.” Norbert Wollheim was one of more than 30,000 prisoners evacuated from Sachsenhausen concentration camp complex #OTD in 1945. It was his second death march. pic.twitter.com/JQV6RtIFNQ

24 April 1894 | A Polish Jew, Szlama Feigenblat, was born in Chęciny. A saddler. In #Auschwitz from 30 January 1942. No. 26172 He perished in the camp on 12 March 1942. pic.twitter.com/jJS3cxiZBZ

"Arbeit macht frei" - work makes one free, was a cynical welcome at the Auschwitz I camp. SS guards often told prisoners of #Auschwitz that the only way out from the camp was through the chimney of the crematorium. Watch a video about the history of this sign at Auschwitz:… pic.twitter.com/UEpAbeJzMG