Arbeit Macht Frie: The Liberation of Auschwitz

"All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust." Sixty years after the evacuation of the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz no longer is recognized for its years of hatred and death but for its liberation and the symbolic end of persecution.
Auschwitz was established in 1940 by the German forces occupying Poland in the city of Oswiecim. The orders came directly from Adolf Hitler and were fulfilled by Heinrich Himmler. Initially, Auschwitz functioned solely as a concentration camp, but beginning in 1942, it became the largest of the death camps. Thos…