'He pointed his finger at me. The gas chamber. I threw myself down and kissed his boots': Survivors remember the horrors of Auschwitz 70 years after its liberation
Survivors who escaped the gas chambers at Auschwitz have remembered the horror of the infamous Nazi death camp 70 years after liberation by Red Army soldiers. Sam Pivnik (middle) has revealed the moment he threw himself at the feet of the Angel of Death, Dr Josef Mengele, and kissed his boots to avoid being exterminated when he couldn't move from his hospital bunk. Edith Baneth (second left) remembered seeing piles of dead bodies 'like a mountain' when she arrived at the camp. More than 1.1million were killed at the camp, including Jews, gypsies, political prisoners and disabled people. Susan Pollock (far left) revealed she was 'virtually a corpse' when she was liberated. Also pictured are survivors Rene Salt (right) and Susan (Zuzka) Kluger (second right).
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Survivors who escaped the gas chambers at Auschwitz have remembered the horror of the infamous Nazi death camp 70 years after liberation by Red Army soldiers. Sam Pivnik (middle) has revealed the moment he threw himself at the feet of the Angel of Death, Dr Josef Mengele, and kissed his boots to avoid being exterminated when he couldn't move from his hospital bunk. Edith Baneth (second left) remembered seeing piles of dead bodies 'like a mountain' when she arrived at the camp. More than 1.1million were killed at the camp, including Jews, gypsies, political prisoners and disabled people. Susan Pollock (far left) revealed she was 'virtually a corpse' when she was liberated. Also pictured are survivors Rene Salt (right) and Susan (Zuzka) Kluger (second right).
Read the article: Auschwitz survivors remember the horror 70 years after concentration camp's liberation | Daily Mail Online