"LIBERATION"

#13290519

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Bogdan Bartnikowski lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13290521

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Wieslaw Paciorek lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13290524

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Janusz Rudnicki lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13290554

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Stanislaw Zalewski lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13290556

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Stanislaw Zalewski lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13290557

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Stanislaw Zalewski lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13290558

8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, Piotr Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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#13270478

3 February 2026

Sri Lanka Army personnel participate in a full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event celebrates freedom from British colonial rule in 1948 and features approximately 4,500 personnel from the tri-forces and police.

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#13270473

3 February 2026

Sri Lankan military personnel participate in a full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event on February 4 commemorates the country's freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.

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#13270474

3 February 2026

Sri Lanka Army Special Forces personnel, wearing their black berets and distinctive four-color digital camouflage uniforms, participate in the final full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event on February 4 commemorates the country's freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.

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#13270475

3 February 2026

Sri Lankan military personnel participate in a full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event on February 4 commemorates the country's freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.

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#13270477

3 February 2026

Sri Lankan military personnel participate in a full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event on February 4 commemorates the country's freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.

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#13270479

3 February 2026

Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment personnel participate in the final full-scale rehearsal for the 78th National Independence Day parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2026. The annual event on February 4 commemorates the country's freedom from British colonial rule in 1948.

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#13262139

1 February 2026

The curved saber that belongs to the liberator of America, General San Martin, is on display at the National Historical Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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#13262142

1 February 2026

The curved saber that belongs to the liberator of America, General San Martin, is on display at the National Historical Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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#13262146

1 February 2026

The curved saber that belongs to the liberator of America, General San Martin, is on display at the National Historical Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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