Liberation of Auschwitz

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Picture of 13 children

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These photographs was taken at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Alexander Vorontsov, a Soviet photographer who accompanied the soldiers of the Red Army after they liberated the camp on 27 January 1945. The photographs depicts thirteen children.

A number of the children have been identified, either by themselves or others (to the best of their memory).from the left to the right:

  • (4) Erika Dohan / Erika Winter (fourth from the left) <Israel>
  • (5)


  • Gabriel Neumann / Gabriel Nejman (fourth from the right) <Israel>
  • Bracha Katz / Berta Weinhaber (second from the right) <Israel>
  • Shmuel Schelach / Robert Schlesinger (third from the right) <Israel>
  • Marta Wise / Marta Weiss / Marta Wiess (seventh from the left) <Israel>
  • Eva Slonim / Eva Weiss (eighth from the left) <Australia>.


  • Alicja Gruenbaum
  • Solomon Rozalin
  • Gita Sztrauss
  • Wiera Sadler;
  • Boro Eksztein;
  • Josef Rozenwaser; Rafael Szlezinger;
  • Adek Apfelbaum;
  • Hillik (later Harold) Apfelbaum;
  • Mark Berkowitz (a twin);
  • Rut Muszkies]] (later Webber);