Modern era · 1940 – 1945
Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz (German: [ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts]), also known as Oświęcim (Polish: [ɔˈɕfjɛɲ.t͡ɕim]), was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust.
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- When
- 20 May 1940 – 27 Jan 1945
- Where
- Poland
- Era
- Modern
Topics
People
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Auschwitz concentration camp, CC BY-SA 4.0