Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp: Saving the soles of lives lost
By DW
03 October 2022 |
8:12 am
The mountain of shoes belonging to those killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau is among the site‘s most haunting memorials. Teri Schultz reports on steps being taken to ensure this history doesn't get lost.
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