Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 78 years after its liberation

• It has been 78 years since the Soviet Army liberated Auschwitz, the largest Nazi concentration complex.
• First established in 1940, Auschwitz had a concentration camp, large gas chambers, and crematoria.
• More than 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, including nearly one million Jews.

It was the greatest tragedy of the Holocaust. In just five years, over one million people were murdered at Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp.