A large long building with a center tower sits empty with a rail line running through the middle. The field and railways in front of the building are overgrown with weeds and other debris.
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Main entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center

Main entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. This photograph was taken some time after the liberation of the camp in January 1945. Poland, date uncertain.


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