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Yad Vashem is open to the general public, free of charge. All visits to Yad Vashem must be reserved in advance.

The Liberation of Auschwitz, January 1945

Until the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army on 27 January 1945,  approximately 1.2 million prisoners had been brought to the camp, about 90% of whom were murdered in gas chambers on their arrival. The liberators of Auschwitz found thousands of survivors, including children. This photograph is taken from a film shot at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp by Alexander Vorontsov, a Soviet photographer who accompanied the Red Army during the liberation of the camp.