🏛️ Auschwitz Birkenau

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Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben, and dozens of subcamps.

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Auschwitz Birkenau is a cultural World Heritage site in Poland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Auschwitz Birkenau was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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