January 27th is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

January 27th is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
It was on this day in 1945 that the soviet army liberated Auschwitz concentration camp. It is estimated that at least 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. Of these, a minimum of 1.1 million were murdered.

In 1955, an exhibition at the camp opened to the public, displaying such things as prisoner mug shots; hair (of which almost eight tonnes was found by the red army) and shoes taken from murdered prisoners; and canisters of zyklon b pellets used for gassing.

The sign seen at the gates of base camp reads Arbeit Macht Frei or  “work makes you free” was built by prisoner-laborers, there is a speculation the upside down ‘B’ was done on purpose as a signal to new arrivals about what was actually happening behind the facility’s gates.
 
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz:_The_Nazis_and_%27The_Final_Solution%27
http://www.constantinereport.com/debate-the-pbs-production-america-and-the-holocaust/

Photos by Bruno Tamiozzo
http://www.brunotamiozzo.com/gallerytype/camps/