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Greece occupation Auschwitz

Born to a Jewish family in Preveza, Joseph Gani was endangered by the German occupation of Greece. In March 1944, the Nazis deported the Jews of Preveza to Auschwitz. Joseph was killed several months later, at the age of 18.

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Greece, 1933

Greece, 1933 [LCID: gre19010]

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Occupation of Greece, 1941

Occupation of Greece, 1941 [LCID: gre76060]

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Occupation of Greece, 1943

Occupation of Greece, 1943 [LCID: gre76070]

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Europe 1943-1944, Auschwitz indicated

Europe 1943-1944, Auschwitz indicated [LCID: auc62040]

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Major deportations to Auschwitz, 1941-1944

Major deportations to Auschwitz, 1941-1944 [LCID: auc78060]

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Auschwitz environs, summer 1944

Auschwitz environs, summer 1944 [LCID: auc42030]

Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans. It was a complex of camps, including a concentration, extermination, and forced-labor camp. It was located at the town of Oswiecim near the prewar German-Polish border in Eastern Upper Silesia, an area annexed to Germany in 1939. Auschwitz I was the main camp and the first camp established at Oswiecim. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) was the killing center at Auschwitz. Trains arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau almost daily with transports of Jews from virtually every German-occupied country of Europe. Auschwitz III, also called Buna or Monowitz, was established in Monowice to provide forced laborers for nearby factories, including the I.G. Farben works. At least 1.1 million Jews were killed in Auschwitz. Other victims included between 70,000 and 75,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma, and about 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war.

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Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp, summer 1944

Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp, summer 1944 [LCID: auc22023]

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Auschwitz

Auschwitz played a central role in the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to murder the Jews of Europe. The Nazis deported Jews from nearly every European country to the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) killing center in occupied Poland. In all, at least 1.1 million Jews and tens of thousands of other people perished in Auschwitz.

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