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01-31-10, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Auschwitz was used by Stalin as a POW camp run by the NKVD after the camp and Poland were liberated.

Well it was up to the Soviets to liberate Auschwitz since the Brits wouldn't even bomb the rail roads although they knew perfectly well what was going on there.

antikristuseke · 01-31-10, 07:33 AM

Because there were no militarily important targets to bomb in Germany...

Jimbuna · 01-31-10, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kranz

yeah, and this is the untold part of the camp history....

Precisely.

Heaven only knows how many more died during its use by the Russians.

Jimbuna · 01-31-10, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Well it was up to the Soviets to liberate Auschwitz since the Brits wouldn't even bomb the rail roads although they knew perfectly well what was going on there.

By this time Stalin had already given the US and Britain the impression he wouldn't welcome advances from them as far as Berlin and was intent on keeping everything Russia occupied to Russia.

I've no evidence but I should imagine the Allies didn't feel as great a need to help the Russin advances any easier...far better to use the airpower to make their own troops task as easy as possible.

01-31-10, 07:33 AM	#17
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