A photo taken just after the liberation by the Soviet army shows a group of children wearing concentration camp uniforms at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on January 27, 1945. Miriam Friedman Ziegler, nine-years-old at the time, is second from left. Friedman Ziegler, who lives in Thornhill, Ont., is among about 100 survivors who are returning to Poland this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP
January 25, 2015 - 7:30 AM
About 100 Holocaust survivors from around the world, including Canada, are returning to Poland this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Here are some facts:
Sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau:
1.1 million Jews
140,000–150,000 non-Jewish Poles
23,000 Roma and Sinti (Gypsies)
15,000 Soviet prisoners of war
25,000 others
Killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau:
960,000 Jews
74,000 Poles,
21,000 Roma (Gypsies)
15,000 Soviet prisoners of war
10,000–15,000 members of other nationalities (Soviet civilians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, French, Germans, and Austrians).
Arrivals by country:
Hungary: 426,000
Poland: 300,000
France: 69,000
Netherlands: 60,000
Greece: 55,000
Bohemia and Moravia: 46,000
Slovakia: 27,000
Belgium: 25,000
Yugoslavia: 10,000
Italy: 7,500
Norway: 690
other (including concentration camps): 34,000.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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