Auschwitz concentration camp

The Holocaust

Auschwitz was a complex of more than 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It included Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, and subcamps. From 1942 to late 1944, Jews from across German-occupied Europe were deported to Birkenau. Of 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz, 1.1 million were murdered. Soviet troops liberated the camp on 27 January 1945.

Operated by: Nazi Germany
People murdered: 1.1 million of 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz
Liberation: 27 January 1945, by Soviet troops

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