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Auschwitz

Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oswiecim, by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oswiecim (called by the Germans 'Auschwitz') itself.

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