On this day in 1945, Soviet troops walked through the gates of the Auschwitz complex, and I say complex—because Auschwitz was more than one camp. What they saw, they could not believe.
Rather than going through all the horrors on this UN-designated Holocaust Remembrance Day, I have opted to show some art of those who were in the camps, like the above painting by inmate Władysław Siwek to the commission of the SS while working as part of the construction work squad.
Orchestra playing by a group of prisoners. Painted by Mieczyslaw Koscielniak. He was a Polish painter, graphic designer, and draftsman.
Already a prominent artist, he was arrested in 1941 and sent to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. His camp number was 15261. In the camp, he drew about 300 paintings depicting the everyday life of prisoners.
Female prisoners wThe female prisoners are washing themselves in a puddle painted by Mieczyslaw Koscielniak.
Roll call during a heavy downpour. Painted by Jerzy Pazdanowski, 1902-08.1977. Painter. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
A group of male prisoners leave camp, painted by Mieczyslaw Koscielniak.
On the way to work by Janina Tollik
When Memory Meets Art – Zahrada – The Garden – Le Jardin
sources
https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/historical-collection/works-of-art/
History of Sorts 
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