jan 17, 1945 - Liberation of Warsaw
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When Soviet troops resumed their offensive on January 17, 1945, they liberated a devastated Warsaw. According to Polish data, only about 174,000 people were left in the city, less than six percent of the prewar population. Approximately 11,500 of the survivors were Jews.image source:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-134-079129A%2C_Polen%2C_Ghetto_Warschau%2C_Ghettomauer.jpg/320px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-134-079129A%2C_Polen%2C_Ghetto_Warschau%2C_Ghettomauer.jpg
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Date:
jan 17, 1945
Now
~ 80 years ago