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First Transport
The first transport of Polish political prisoners arrive at Auschwitz -
Invasion
Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Gassing
575 sick and disable inmates at Auschwitz are selected for gassing -
Expansion
Plans of the new camp extension at Birkenau camp are altered where over 10,000 Soviet prisoner of war arrived to build the new ground -
Deportation
The first German Jews are deported to Eastern Europe -
Silesian Jews
The first large-scale gassing of Silesian Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau takes place -
Crematorium
The new crematoria are put into operation at Auschwitz-Birkenau -
Experimentations
Josef Mengele joins Auschwitz as camp phusician and begins to carry out experiments on inmates and twins -
Broken Freedom
A train brokered directly between Eichmann and Jewish organisers, leading 1,684 Jews to freedom -
Liquidation
The Gypsy camp at Auschwitz is liquidated -
The Red Army
The Red Army liberates Auschwitz-Birkenau and its remaining 7,000 prisoners -
Himmler
Himmler signs an agreement not to pass Hitler's order to destroy all concentration camps and kill all prisoners -
Death of Hitler
Hitler died in Berlin on April 30, 1945