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This woman laughed when she had seen the film of the Belsen and Buchenwold brutalities once; so a British officer orders her back into the theatre for a second view of horrors

Picture, 1945
Auschwitz now: The infamous concentration camp where 4 million Nazi victims died is preserved as a memorial by Poland. Gershon; left; and Sprinca Karmazyn; cousins of the first letter writer; were shot in their mother's arms in 1943.

Picture, 1977
Born in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; these four Toronto teenagers look at the official record of the prison camp held in David Goldsilver; vice-president of the Bergen Belsen Association in Toronto; From the left are Sharon Krystal; 17; Ralph Goldsilver; 18; Hersh Siegelman; 18; and Marilyn Nusynowicz; 17. All are going to Israel this summer for the 20th anniversary of camp's liberation.

Picture, 1965
Compulsion is used by British occupation fores in Burgsteinfurt to make the residents attend the garrison theatre and watch horror movies

Picture, 1945
Auschwitz

Picture, 1977
Since war ended Fritzsche has spent most of his time in prison and now he won't be out until 1955. He was one of thre found not guilty at Nuremberg trials last year but the people's court grabbed him after a few days of freedom. Besides prison tern\m; he was deprived of his personal fortune. At present he is a prisoner in this camp.

Picture, 1947
Constant patrol is maintained by members of the Veterans' Guard. This soldier is armed with a Sten gun. Treatment of prisoners is according to Geneva convention

Picture, 1945
Picture at upper right shows the good old-fashioned way of escape by trying to unknot a barbed wire entanglement. It's slow and apt to trip the clothes off the back.

Picture, 1942
Auschwitz Now: Four million people; 2.5 million of them Jews; are believed to have died in this Nazi extermination camp; now preserved as a memorial by Poland. But a Torontonian found all mention of Jews suppressed.

Picture, 1974
Completely Clad in Germany garb; even to the helmet; this Polish woman on guard at Haren camp is here inspecting the identity card of Driver William Massey; St. Mary's. Her own uniform was beyond repaid

Picture, 1945
Auschwitz - Children's clothes on Glass Case

Picture, 1977