Anatoly Shapiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ukrainian soldier
Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1913
Place of Birth: Krasnohrad, Ukraine
Date of Death: 08-Oct-2005
Profession: soldier
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Anatoly Shapiro
- Anatoly Pavlovich Shapiro (Russian: ???????? ???????? ??????, Ukrainian: ???????? ???????? ??????; 18 January 1913 – 8 October 2005), was a Ukrainian-born Jewish soldier of the Army of the Soviet Union, who led the first elements of the advancing army into the Nazi-developed Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, during the latter stages of World War II.
- He was awarded: two Orders of the Red Star; two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, for the Liberation of Kraków; the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, and numerous other medals.
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