Picture of the day “Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent either to forced labor or the gas chambers. 81 years ago today, on January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army. Today is also International Holocaust Remembrance Day. #ImageOfTheDay

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en">Picture of the day </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span><a href="Selection_on_the_ramp_at_Auschwitz-Birkenau,_1944_(Auschwitz_Album)_1b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/picture-of-the-dayselection-of-hungarian-jews-on-the-ramp-at-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-in-german-occupied-poland-may-june-1944-during-the-final-phase-of-the-holocaust-jews-were.jpg" width="300" height="201" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4205" data-file-height="2814"></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en">“Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent either to forced labor or the gas chambers. 81 years ago today, on January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army. Today is also International Holocaust Remembrance Day.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>