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KL Auschwitz was the largest of
the German Nazi concentration camps

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and extermination centres.

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Over 1.1 million men,
women and children lost their lives there.

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There is no way to
understand post-war Europe

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and the world without an
in-depth confrontation

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between our idea of mankind
and the remains of Auschwitz.

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The Auschwitz camp existed
from the end of May 1940

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to the end of January 1945
near the city of Oswiecim.

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In 1947, two years after
the release of prisoners,

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the concentration camp was
converted into a museum.