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Jan 27, 2026, 2:49 PM

Why firsthand testimony still matters 81 years after Auschwitz’s liberation

SS officers socialize on the grounds of the SS retreat outside of Auschwitz, Poland at “Solahütte”, 1944. From left to right they are: Richard Baer (Commandant of Auschwitz), Dr. Josef Mengele and Rudolf Hoess (the former Auschwitz Commandant). Probably July 29, 1944 (PD via Wikimedia)

We have the numbers and the photos. What we most need to hear is how quickly the unthinkable became routine – and how easily ordinary people adjusted to it

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Richard K. Lowy is the author of Kalman & Leopold: Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz and the son of Auschwitz survivor Leopold Lowy.