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    Who commanded the Russian unit that captured Auschwitz from the Nazis?

    Question #54518. Asked by Buck540. (Jan 27 05 4:39 PM)


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    		Anatoly Chapiro, the Russian commander who led the soldiers into Auschwitz on 27 January 1945, said in a videotaped message, 'This must never be allowed to happen again, anywhere.'
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0127/holocaust.html

    Jan 28 05, 6:00 AM

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