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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch remembers the horrors of Auschwitz

On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated by the Soviet Union's Red Army. Since 2005, that day has been commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Speaking with DW, cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch remembered the horrors of the camp.

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