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A Russian-born girl, name unknown, about five years old

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Oświęcim, Poland

A Russian-born girl, name unknown, about five years old. She was found in Birkenau by Soviet soldiers shortly after the liberation. According to one of the soldiers, Vladimir A. Gladyshev (standing on the left), she had lost her mother just before the liberation. The girl was put under the care of a Polish lady, name undetermined (seated on the left). Photograph taken in 1945 in Oświęcim, before Vladimir A. Gladyshev parted company with the little girl and her guardian. Source: APMA-B

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  • Title: A Russian-born girl, name unknown, about five years old
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

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