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  1. Auschwitz concentration camp - Wikipedia

    Auschwitz concentration camp, also known as Oświęcim concentration camp, [3][a] was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in …

  2. Auschwitz-Birkenau

    "Auschwitz in Front of Your Eyes" is an application through which millions of people from around the world will gain access to education conducted directly from the authentic Memorial Site. It allows an online guided tour of the former German Nazi camp.

  3. Auschwitz | Definition, Concentration Camp, Facts, Location,

    3 days ago · Auschwitz, Nazi Germany’s largest concentration camp and extermination camp. Located near the industrial town of Oświęcim in southern Poland (in a portion of the country that was annexed by Germany at the beginning of World War II), Auschwitz was actually three camps in one: a prison camp, an extermination camp, and a slave-labour camp.

  4. Auschwitz: Concentration Camp, Facts, Location | HISTORY

    Dec 15, 2009 · Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Located in southern Poland, Auschwitz initially served as a...

  5. Visiting - Auschwitz-Birkenau

    It is essential to visit both parts of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, in order to acquire a proper sense of the place that has become the symbol of the Holocaust of the European Jews as well as Nazi crimes againt Poles, Romas and other groups.

  6. Auschwitz | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Auschwitz is the German name for the Polish city Oświęcim. Oświęcim is located in Poland, approximately 40 miles (about 64 km) west of Kraków. Germany annexed this area of Poland in 1939. The Auschwitz concentration camp was located on the outskirts of Oświęcim in German-occupied Poland.

  7. Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary …

    1 day ago · OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of …

  8. History - Auschwitz-Birkenau

    All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Shoah. It was established by Germans in 1940, in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city that was annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis.

  9. At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism

    2 days ago · The Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Fewer than 50 survivors are expected to take part in a commemoration on Monday for the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.

  10. Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp - Yad Vashem. The …

    Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of the concentration and extermination camps established on Polish soil, served concurrently as a labor camp and as a center for the rapid extermination of Jews. Chosen as the central location for the annihilation of the Jewish people, it was equipped with several extermination facilities and crematoria.