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hatred toward the inmates who had turned into living skeletons. I read about the Nazis' treatment of Jews in various leaflets, but there was nothing about the Nazis' treatment of women, children, and old men. It was in
Auschwitz that I found out about the fate of the Jews." In a few articles in Soviet newspapers, such as
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and transported to concentration camps in
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About 7,000 prisoners had been left behind, most of whom were seriously ill due to the effects of their imprisonment. The majority of those left behind were middle-aged adults or children younger than 15. Red Army soldiers also found 600 corpses, 370,000 men's suits, 837,000 articles of women's
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clothing, and seven tonnes (7.7 tons) of human hair. At
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