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View of the kitchen barracks, the electrified fence, and the gate at the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I). [LCID: 50689]
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Auschwitz

Auschwitz (the German name for the Polish city Oświęcim) is perhaps the most well-known Nazi camp complex. There were many camps attached to Auschwitz, including the Auschwitz I concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center, Auschwitz III concentration camp, and numerous subcamps in the surrounding region. Explore more content related to the Auschwitz camp complex during the Holocaust. 

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Susanne Ledermann [LCID: 4111]
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Susanne Ledermann
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Szlamach Radoszynski: Maps
Youths with camp numbers tattooed on their arms aboard Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Mataroa," at the Haifa port. [LCID: 69100]
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Tattoos and Numbers: The System of Identifying Prisoners at Auschwitz
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Tattoos and Numbers: The System of Identifying Prisoners at Auschwitz - ID Card/Oral History
Terez Spitz Katz [LCID: 4817]
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Terez Spitz Katz
A road with buildings on either side leading to a brick wall. There is a large black square on the wall.
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The Black Wall in Auschwitz I
The cover of the photograph album. [LCID: 34579]
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The cover of Karl Höcker's photograph album
Aerial photograph of the Auschwitz III (Monowitz) camp, which was adjacent to the I. [LCID: 91364]
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The United States and the Holocaust: Why Auschwitz was not Bombed
Thomas Buergenthal [LCID: 1032]
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Thomas Buergenthal
Thomas at Auschwitz in 1995, fifty years to the day after his forced march out of the camp as a child. [LCID: buerg5]
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Thomas Buergenthal at Auschwitz in 1995
Thomas Pfeffer [LCID: 2642]
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Thomas Pfeffer
After liberation of the Auschwitz camp: a warehouse of clothes that belonged to women who were murdered. [LCID: 85653]
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Victims' belongings at Auschwitz
View of Auschwitz-Birkenau under a blanket of snow immediately after the liberation. [LCID: 58406]
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View of Auschwitz-Birkenau upon liberation
View of the kitchen barracks, the electrified fence, and the gate at the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I). [LCID: 50689]
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View of Auschwitz I
View of the main entrance to the Auschwitz camp: "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work makes one free). [LCID: 0001]
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View of the main entrance to the Auschwitz camp
Walter Szczeniak [LCID: 1084]
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Walter Szczeniak

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