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- Location: Southern Poland
- Comprised of Auschwitz I, II, III, and 46 subcamps
- First prisoners arrived on May 20, 1940
- Millions of people died during the Holocaust, around 1.5 million of those at Auschwitz (the exact number is unknown)
- 90% of the victims were Jews
- Some other "undesirables" included homosexuals and Gypsies, as well as those who were mentally or physically handicapped
- Most executions were implemented in gas chambers
- Victims were also starved, shot, tortured, beaten, and/or suffocated
- "Medical experiments" were performed on several prisoners
- Allies initially dismissed the claims of mass murders at Auschwitz as "exaggerations"
- Anne Frank died at Auschwitz
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Auschwitz was one of many death camps set up by Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust to eliminate people (mostly Jews) he considered not qualified to be a part of the superior Aryan race he was determined to establish.
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Liberation
Though most prisoners were evacuated by the Nazis in January, 1945, over 7,000 were liberated by the Soviet military ten days later.Auschwitz Today
Today, the Auschwitz site is a Museums|museum open to the public. It serves as a tribute and memorial to those who were killed there during World War II, and a reminder of the atrocities that occured.
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Auschwitz News and Articles
- CBC.ca: Auschwitz survivor fights for paintings she made in camp (June 10, 2008)
After Auschwitz
- The History Place: April 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide
- Wikipedia: April, 1947 Rudolf Hoess hanged
- Wikipedia: Late 1945, Heinrich Himmler commits suicide
- Wikipedia: 1959 Josef Mengele, accidentally drowns in Brazil
- Jewish History Library: December 2,1961 Adolf Eichmann executed Jerusalem
- US Holocaust Museum Memorial 1945-1951: Life Reborn
- Yahoo!7 News Boards: Holocaust trauma affects descentants
- CNN: Auschwitz 60 Years Since Liberation
- Concentration Camps Guidebook: Traveler's Guide to WWII Memorials
- BBC: Is Forgiveness Possible
- Nova: Should Death Camps Experiments be Used?
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