Auswitz

Auschwitz-Birkenau ( Konzentrationslager Auschwitz ) was the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps and extermination camps, established in Nazi German occupied Poland. The camp took its German name from the nearby Polish town of Oświęcim. Birkenau, the German translation of pol. Brzezinka (birch tree), refers to a small village nearby, mostly destroyed by the Germans.

Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Oświęcim was annexed by Nazi Germany and renamed Auschwitz, the town's German name.[1]

The camp commandant, R. Höß, also Hoess, testified at the Nuremberg Trials that up to 3 million people had died at Auschwitz. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has revised this figure to 1.1 million,About 90 percent of whom were Jews from almost every country in Europe.Most victims were killed in Auschwitz II's gas chambers using Zyklon B; other deaths were caused by systematic starvation, forced labor, lack of disease control, individual executions, and purported "medical experiments".

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[tribeofgaul]

I don't give a shit. Thats your problem.

[kisda2]

én 3 éve voltam itt. Birkenaut kihagytuk,mert auswitz is elég lehangoló volt,de én megnéztem volna,érdekel a 2. ww. Egy biztos,iszonyú ami történt ott 40-45 között! Kapun mikor beléptünk,már elkezdtem átérezni milyen is lehetett. Szörnyű:S Krematórium volt számomra a legrosszabb hely,rettenetes érzés volt oda belépni,

[boszikem]

Szörnyű látvány volt és milyen érzés lehetett szerencsétleneknek... ?! Hónapokig nem tudtam feldolgozni a látványt, olyan nyomasztó volt... ,köszi

[zsuzso571]

Borzasztó, rémálom lehetett, köszi

[ChicReal]

Yes, I visited there as well and I was overcome by sadness. God bless those who lost their lives there and their families.

[subazo1]

ezt megnézném én is:)