Poland's President Aleksander Kwasniewski (L) shakes the hand of General Vasili Yakovlevich Petrenko (R) January 27 after awarding him the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit for Poland during ceremonies marking 55 years since the Red Army liberated the death camp of Auschwitz and the town of Oswiecim. Petrenko was one of the commanders whose troops liberated the town and the camp.

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