Hair, Auschwitz I Museum
Hair, at Auschwitz
© 2000 by Rudy Brueggemann.
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When Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz in January 1945, they found seven tons of human hair, all removed from victims imprisoned and killed by Nazis. The hair was shipped back to Germany for use in the war industry as raw material for making cloth.
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