27 January 1945. In occupied Poland, the most notorious of the extermination camps - Auschwitz - is liberated. Since 1940, 1.3 million people - mostly Jews - had been deported to Auschwitz. 1.1 million would die there. Among those who survived was Ben Lesser, who lived through Auschwitz-Birkenau, Durnhau, Buchenwald and finally Dachau, where he was liberated by American GIs. Eventually immigrating to America, Ben determined to 'live a life worth living.'
On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz - and as we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day - we share one of the most powerful stories we've recorded, and testament to history's greatest crime.
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27 January 1945. In occupied Poland, the most notorious of the extermination camps - Auschwitz - is liberated. Since 1940, 1.3 million people - mostly Jews - had been deported to Auschwitz. 1.1 million would die there. Among those who survived was Ben Lesser, who lived through Auschwitz-Birkenau, Durnhau, Buchenwald and finally Dachau, where he was liberated by American GIs. Eventually immigrating to America, Ben determined to 'live a life worth living.'
On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz - and as we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day - we share one of the most powerful stories we've recorded, and testament to history's greatest crime.
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