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Auschwitz

When was Auschwitz designated a UNESCO World Heritage site?

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Auschwitz: entrance gates — Auschwitz The entrance gates to the Auschwitz concentration camp, near Kraków, Poland; the sign reads “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Liberates”).

Auschwitz was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.1