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'''Auschwitz concentration camp''' (German: '''''Konzentrationslager Auschwitz''''', pronounced [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ ˈʔaʊʃvɪts] ⓘ; also '''KL Auschwitz''' or '''KZ Auschwitz''') 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]]. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers; Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben; and dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis' Final Solution to the Jewish question. <ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/auschwitz</ref><ref>http://70.auschwitz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=173&lang=en</ref> | '''Auschwitz concentration camp''' (German: '''''Konzentrationslager Auschwitz''''', pronounced [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ ˈʔaʊʃvɪts] ⓘ; also '''KL Auschwitz''' or '''KZ Auschwitz''') 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]]. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers; Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben; and dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis' Final Solution to the Jewish question. <ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/auschwitz</ref><ref>http://70.auschwitz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=173&lang=en</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:39, 23 March 2024
Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, pronounced [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ ˈʔaʊʃvɪts] ⓘ; also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) 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. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers; Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben; and dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis' Final Solution to the Jewish question. [1][2]