The largest of its kind, the Auschwitz camp complex was essential to carrying out the Nazi plan for the "Final Solution." Auschwitz left its mark as one of the most infamous camps of the Holocaust | USHMM |

The best estimates of the number of victims at the Auschwitz camp complex, including the killing center at Auschwitz-Birkenau, between 1940 and 1945 are:

• Jews (1,095,000 deported to Auschwitz, 960,000 died)
• Non-Jewish Poles (140,000- 150,000 deported, 74,000 died)
• Roma (Gypsies) (23,000 deported, 21,000 died)
• Soviet prisoners of war (15,000 deported and died)
• Other nationalities (25,000 deported, 10,000- 15,000 died)

On June 22, 1941, German forces invaded the Soviet Union. Three million German soldiers were reinforced by Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Italian, Slovak, and Croatian troops. Within weeks, German divisions conquered the Baltic republics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. In September the Germans laid siege to Sevastopol and Leningrad, and by late October, the cities of Minsk, Smolensk, Kiev, Odessa, and Kharkov had fallen. Millions of Soviet soldiers were encircled, cut off from supplies and reinforcements, and forced to surrender.

Soviets Viewed as Subhuman Enemies

Yet for Nazi Germany this attack was not an "ordinary" military operation. The war against the Soviet Union was a war of annihilation between German fascism and Soviet communism; a racial war between German "Aryans" and subhuman Slavs and Jews. From the very beginning this war of annihilation against the Soviet Union included the killing of prisoners of war (POWs) on a massive scale. 

In part, German officials excused their ill treatment and murder of Soviet POWs by pointing out that the Soviet Union was not a signatory to the Geneva Convention and its soldiers did not warrant the protection that the convention extended to prisoners of war. In reality, their reasons were more complex. German authorities viewed Soviet POWs as a particular threat, regarding them not only as Slavic subhumans but as part of the "Bolshevik menace" linked in Nazi ideology to the concept of  a "Jewish conspiracy."

The brutal treatment of Soviet POWs by the Germans violated every standard of warfare. Existing sources suggest that some 5.7 million Soviet army personnel fell into German hands during World War II.

Auschwitz-Birkenau: History & Overview | Jewish Virtual Library |

To appreciate what operation #Barbarossa inflicted on the Russian military psyche (surprise attack) in conjunction with the close encounters from #NORAD `79 ☢️ and #AbleArcher `83 ☢️ one hopes (God willing) NATO deconfliction comms are very sound and diplomacy prevails - always. [Twitter Geoff Stoke - June 23, 2021]

Soviet Union and The Great Patriotic War between 27 and 40 million died

'Sapere aude'

Russia is not invited to tomorrow's anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army.

"Given the aggression against Ukraine...Russia will need an extremely long time and deep self-examination to return to the civilized world," says @AuschwitzMuseum pic.twitter.com/n4X98qA3yw

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 26, 2023

US embassy apologizes for saying Auschwitz death camp was liberated by Americans

On Tuesday, the Russian embassy in US responded to the original tweet claiming that it was Americans who liberated the camp, slamming it as "shameful WWII history rewriting"

'Sapere aude'

It's not a conspiracy theory that the M1 tanks we're sending are intended to help Ukraine retake Crimea.

It's a fact.

The White House confirmed it yesterday. pic.twitter.com/hGsNqwmiYF

— Clint Ehrlich (@ClintEhrlich) January 26, 2023

⚡️Pentagon confirms that Ukraine will receive Abrams M1A2 tanks not M1A1. It's the newer and more advanced version.

No Military Strategy, Just Revenge & War Crime

CARDIN @00:42:58: I'd like to follow-up on Chairman Menedez's last point first in that is accountability. Tomorrow is Holocaust Rememberance Day, the 77th aniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I appreciate and believe that we're making substantial progress in maintaining the evidence to pursue war crimes or crimes against humanity for those that are responsible at the highest levels.

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Early action is going to be important. Is there any hope that we could move forward with some recognized international mechanism that could start the process so that there is—it's known internationally—that accountability is going to be party of the resolution of this conflict?
NULAND: So, Senator Cardin, as I said, we're working hard on this with our G7 partners and with Ukrain. While we ...
CARDIN: I undersatand, you're working on gathering the evidence ...
NULAND: No, no, no, also on which of the various models  for uh pursuing ... just us ...
CARDIN: What is the progress on that?
NULAND: I would like to see us come to conclusions before the anniversary, around February. But it may take another few months. But certainly before the summer, I would hope. I would also note that when I was with the secretary in Kyiv in September, we went to Irpyn to see one of the towns that have been decimated by Russian missiles, and we met with some of the non-governmental organizations that [US]AID is supporting who were minutely gathering evidence and plotting it. So ...