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Russian Army Frees 300 Polish. Lithuanian and Hungarian Jews from German Camp in Silesia

February 16, 1945
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Three hundred polish, Lithuanian and Hungarian Jews have been freed from the German death camp at Birkenau, in Upper Silesia, by the Russians, it was reported here today. The Lublin radio reports that three ambulances donated by American Jews to the Red Army are in use on the Silesian front.

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