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Also Known As death camp • Vernichtungslager

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Auschwitz II
Map of Europe during World War II showing major deportation routes of Jewish people to Nazi extermination camps from 1942 to 1944. Yellow arrows trace routes from cities and ghettos in German-occupied and allied countries toward extermination camps such as Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Majdanek, Chelmno, and Belzec in Poland. The map uses different colors to indicate German-occupied areas, German allies, liberated or Allied territories, and neutral countries, with camp locations marked by squar
corpses of Auschwitz victims
Holocaust
The horror of Auschwitz: A journey through history
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Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele
German physician