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Oswiecim
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Oswiencim (Auschwitz in German) is unfortunatley best known for the
German / Nazi death and concentration camps of World War II. Millions
of Jewish people were exterminated there, along with hundreds of
thousands of other "political enemies" of the Third Reich.
The camps, complete with gas mass-extermination chambers and crematorioms, along with graphic artifacts, are preserved, and today the camps are open as a musuem reminding us to "never forget".
The camps, complete with gas mass-extermination chambers and crematorioms, along with graphic artifacts, are preserved, and today the camps are open as a musuem reminding us to "never forget".
Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: personal knowledge - Richard Ehrenberg
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February 22, 2005 change by giorgio
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