Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
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Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz.
Auschwitz concentration camp evacuated 56,000 prisoners.
The first prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp.
The Sonderkommandos, prisoners who took care of the bodies at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, protested their pending mass murder.
Auschwitz concentration camp started operation after 728 Polish prisoners became the first to arrive.