Himmler Orders Demolition of Auschwitz Gas Chambers and Crematoria (nov 25, 1944 – jan 1, 0)
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As Soviet forces continue to approach, SS chief Heinrich Himmler orders the destruction of the Auschwitz-Birkenau gas chambers and crematoria.
During this SS attempt to destroy the evidence of mass killings, prisoners were forced to dismantle and dynamite the structures.
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