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Around 9am on January 27th, 1945, the Red Army liberated the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in south-western Poland.  Over 1 million Jews and tens of thousands of others were killed at this sprawling complex of 48 concentration and extermination camps.  

The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has mounted a groundbreaking exhibition  - bringing together more than 700 original objects and 400 photographs from around the world.  

Beliefs Producer Jay Woodward visited the exhibit - “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” and spoke with Museum president Jack Kliger.