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Poland World Heritage Sites
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 | Situated in southern Poland, about 50 kilometers west from Kraków, Auschwitz – Birkenau is the largest Nazi concentration camp in former German- occupied Europe. The Auschwitz concentration camp was established on the outskirts of Oświęcim in 1940. The main extermination center, Birkenau - Auschwitz II was built in1942. About 1,100,000 people of 28 nationalities were transported here from all over the occupied Europe.
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