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The Auschwitz Album- Visual Evidence of Mass Murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process of mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier.
The Amazing Escape from Auschwitz
Piechowski was transported to Auschwitz in 1940 at the age of 21, in the second transport of Polish political prisoners. On June 20, 1942, he and three friends made an astonishing getaway: dressed in SS uniforms and armed, they drove off in the deputy commandant’s car. The Germans never recaptured any of them. After escaping, [...]
Virtual Tour of Avenue of The Righteous Among the Nations
This virtual tour presents the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem, honoring non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Trees, symbolic of the renewal of life, have been planted in and around the Yad Vashem site honoring the Righteous. Plaques adjacent to each tree record the names [...]
