![OSWIECIM, POLAND - JANUARY 26: Barbed wire and a floodlight stand silhouetted against the sky at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau German concentration camp on January 26, 2020 near Oswiecim, Poland. International leaders as well as approximately 200 survivors will gather at Auschwitz tomorrow to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation. The Nazis killed an estimated one million people, mostly Jews, at the camp during World War II. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OYCXOPXLDVECDXE6JV34TC72UY.jpg?smart=true&auth=28296cbce9f15aacc37f3221972eb43495f451fa929c45df10fc9679c2311d16&width=400&height=225)
Barbed wire and a floodlight stand silhouetted against the sky at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau German concentration camp. Getty
Barbed wire and a floodlight stand silhouetted against the sky at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau German concentration camp. Getty
The Muslims of Auschwitz: tales of tragedy and heroism 75 years on
Academics estimate more than 1,000 Muslims could have been imprisoned by the Nazis in the Second World War
Stephen Starr
27 January, 2020