LiberationOfAuschwitz
E1516
LiberationOfAuschwitz refers to the 1945 freeing of prisoners from the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp by Soviet forces, marking a pivotal moment in the end of the Holocaust.
Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust-related event
→
World War II event → historical event → |
| carriedOutBy |
1st Ukrainian Front
→
Red Army → Soviet 60th Army → |
| commemoratedOn |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
→
|
| discovered |
crematoria at Auschwitz
→
gas chambers at Auschwitz → mass graves → warehouses of victims’ belongings → |
| documentedIn |
historical research on the Holocaust
→
survivor testimonies → |
| followedBy |
Nuremberg Trials
→
documentation of Nazi crimes at Auschwitz → war crimes investigations → |
| hasCommemorationDate |
January 27
→
|
| hasDate |
1945-01-27
→
|
| hasMediaCoverage |
Allied press reports
→
Soviet newsreel footage → |
| hasMemorialSite |
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
→
|
| hasYear |
1945
→
|
| manyPrisonersCondition |
exhausted
→
ill → severely malnourished → |
| numberOfPrisonersLiberatedApprox |
7000
→
|
| partOf |
World War II
→
end of the Holocaust → |
| perpetratedAgainst |
Jews
→
Poles → Roma and Sinti → Soviet POWs → other persecuted groups → |
| precededBy |
Auschwitz death marches
→
evacuation of Auschwitz prisoners → |
| recognizedBy |
European Union
→
Republic of Poland → State of Israel → United Nations → |
| resultedIn |
discovery of mass murder evidence
→
freeing of remaining Auschwitz prisoners → international awareness of Auschwitz atrocities → |
| significance |
key moment in revealing the scale of the Holocaust
→
symbolic end of Auschwitz extermination complex → |
| tookPlaceAt |
Auschwitz II-Birkenau
→
Auschwitz concentration camp → Oświęcim → |
| tookPlaceInCountry |
Poland
→
|
| tookPlaceInOccupiedTerritoryOf |
Nazi Germany
→
|
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
The Truce
("liberation of Auschwitz")
→
|
describesEvent |
|
Holocaust
→
|
liberationEvent |
|
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
("liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau")
→
|
linkedEvent |