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	Auschwitz - Wikipédia
		Avant 1944, les détenus marchaient d'Auschwitz jusqu'à Birkenau.
		Ce que beaucoup nomment Auschwitz est en fait le camp de Birkenau, un camp d'extermination.
		Auschwitz, pour être le plus grand camp d'extermination de tous les temps, est considéré comme le symbole des meurtres en masse nazis, de l'holocauste dans lequel près de 6 millions de personnes perdirent la vie, dont 90% de juifs: le symbole de la Shoah.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auschwitz-Birkenau (3451 words)

	Auschwitz concentration camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Today, the Auschwitz I museum site combines elements from several periods into a single complex: for example the gas chamber at Auschwitz I (which did not exist by the war's end) was restored and the fence was moved (because of building being done after the war but before the establishment of the museum).
		He was hanged in 1947 in front of the entrance to the crematorium of Auschwitz I. About 700 prisoners attempted to escape from the Auschwitz camps during the years of their operation, with about 300 attempts successful.
		Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp which served as the administrative centre for the whole complex, and was the site of the deaths of roughly 70,000 Poles, gay men and Soviet Prisoners of War
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp (3163 words)

	Holocaust Survivors: Encyclopedia - "Auschwitz"
		Auschwitz II or Auschwitz-Birkenau was a forced labor and extermination camp.
		The enormity of the crime at the Auschwitz camps justifies its role as one of the foremost symbols of the Holocaust.
		Auschwitz was not planned as an death camp from its earliest beginnings, but evolved into one as Nazi policy toward the Jews changed and became less concerned with exploitation and more and more concerned with immediate extermination.
	www.holocaustsurvivors.org /cgi-bin/data.show.pl?di=record&da=encyclopedia&sf=entry_name&sv=Auschwitz (1418 words)

	Gallery - Auschwitz-Birkenau - Photos
		An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Auschwitz concentration camp showing the destruction of the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp by the Germans in expectation of the arrival of Soviet troops.
		Jewish children, kept alive in the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp, pose in concentration camp uniforms between two rows of barbed wire fencing after liberation.
		An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Auschwitz concentration camp showing the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp.
	fcit.coedu.usf.edu /holocaust/resource/gallery/AUSCH1.htm (475 words)

	Glossary
		Auschwitz II Auschwitz II was the killing center at Birkenau (Brzezinka in Polish) established in 1942 and also included subcamps for agriculture and live-stock breeding.
		On December 16, 1942, Himmler issued his Auschwitz decree on Gypsies, which led to their deportation to and eventual murder in Birkenau.
		Kanada I was moved to the BIIg sector of Birkenau, consisting of six storage barracks near the main camp, in the vicinity of the Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke (DAW) plant and warehouses.
	lastexpression.northwestern.edu /essays/glossary_milton_main.htm (4235 words)

	Auschwitz-Birkenau
		By the end of 1943, the prisoner population of Auschwitz main camp, Birkenau, Monowitz and other subcamps was over 80,000: 18,437 in the main camp, 49,114 in Birkenau, and 13,288 at Monowitz where I G Farben had its synthetic rubber plant.
		Auschwitz II included a camp for new arrivals and those to be sent on to labor elsewhere; a Gypsy camp; a family camp; a camp for holding and sorting plundered goods and a women's camp.
		In February 1943, a section for Gypsies was established at Birkenau, camp BIIe, and in September 1943 an area was reserved for Czech Jews deported from Theresienstadt, the so-called "Family Camp," BIIb.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/auschbirk.html (1687 words)

	Auschwitz Hitler`s deathcamp
		At Auschwitz Mengele did a number of twin studies, and these twins were usually murdered after the experiment was over and their bodies dissected.
		These terrors occurred in Block 10 of Auschwitz I. Josef Mengele was nicknamed "the Angel of Death" for the inhuman experiments he conducted.
		By mid 1942, mass gassing of Jews using Zyklon-B began at Auschwitz, where extermination was conducted on an industrial scale with some estimates running as high as three million persons eventually killed through gassing, starvation, disease, shooting, and burning...
	home8.inet.tele.dk /aaaa/Auschwitz.htm (1678 words)

	Encyclopedia: Auschwitz-Birkenau
		The interest of the Germans in Auschwitz shrank and in 1457 the Polish king Casimir IV bought the rights to Oświęcim which was attached afterwards the Woiwodschaft Krakau.
		In 1327 the western part of Galicia duke Johann of Auschwitz formed the duchies Auschwitz (Oświęcim) and Zator into a vassal state attached to the kingdom of Bohemia.
		Poland was occupied by Germany in World War II, and in 1940 the Germans built the Auschwitz concentration camp by converting Polish military barracks.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Auschwitz_Birkenau (522 words)

	Auschwitz I and II. The first a concentration camp, the second an extermination center
		Auschwitz I was primarily reserved for political prisoners, mainly Poles and Germans, throughout its existence.
		Auschwitz II was an extensive complex made up of wooden structures which originally were built to stable fifty-two horses.
		The expansion of Auschwitz I and II Arbeit macht frei
	www.cympm.com /auschwitz.html (1265 words)

	Auschwitz II concentration camp at Birkenau
		According to the Auschwitz museum, there were 10,000 Russian POWs in the first group of prisoners brought to the Birkenau camp, but only 1,000 of them survived.
		When the size of the Birkenau camp is quoted as a mile long by a mile and a half wide, this measurement includes the security area around the camp and the Mexico section; the actual area where the prisoners lived is not that large.
		In contrast to Auschwitz I, the barracks area is almost completely devoid of trees, so there is nothing to stop the gale-force winds that blow across the camp, nor anything to shade the barracks from the heat of the sun.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /Poland/Birkenau/Birkenau01.html (683 words)

	60 Years After Liberation: An Anniversary for Auschwitz
		Auschwitz, 60 years later - Heads of state and about 1,000 survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp returned for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, in what may be the last such memorial to include significant numbers of survivors.
		On anniversary, Poland remembers Auschwitz - Each year, the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet forces is marked on Jan. 27, but this year the 60th anniversary has given Poland, site of the most infamous Nazi death camps, a special opportunity for remembrance and reflection.
		Study: Auschwitz trip builds Jewish identity - The March of the Living, a program that takes teenagers to Auschwitz and then to Israel, is effective in building Jewish identity, a new study found.
	www.jta.org /page_auschwitz.asp (404 words)

	Auschwitz
		Auschwitz camp commander Rudolph Hoss was tried for his actions in the war, found guilty and brought back to Aushwitz to be hanged.
		Thousands of people were murdered in Auschwitz-I, but this particular camp was not known as a "death camp." To be classified as a "death camp," murdering prisoners can be the ONLY function of the guards and workers.
		The beauty of Auschwitz is quickly lost when seeing miles of rusty barbwire fences that were used to prevent the escape by prisoners.
	remembranceandhope.freeservers.com /catalog.html (842 words)

	The Auschwitz Album, Yad Vashem
		Auschwitz was first run by camp commandant Rudolf Hoess, and was guarded by a cruel regiment of the SS death head unit.
		Auschwitz I and II were surrounded by electrically-charged four-meter high barbed wire fences, which were guarded by SS men armed with machine guns and rifles.
		When Jews arrived at the platform in Birkenau, they were thrown out of their train cars without their belongings and forced to make two lines, men and women separately.
	www1.yadvashem.org /exhibitions/album_auschwitz/auschwitz.html (1009 words)

	HOLOCAUST FAQ: Auschwitz-Birkenau: Layman's Guide (1/2)
		It was not always simple or possible, inasmuch as at least some of the deportees had observed the sign "Auschwitz" as the train passed through the railway yards, (Wiesel, 36) or had seen flames belching from the chimneys, or had smelled the strange, sickening odor of the crematoria.
		[Auschwitz] [Page 4] They are all "Pipers revelations." In spite of the fact that such secondary restoration works had to be done there is an undisputable reality that the gas chamber in question is housed in the same building which has been existed from prewar times till now.
		Holocaust denial asserts that because more Hydrocyanic compounds were found in the delousing chambers in Auschwitz than in the ruins of the extermination gas chambers, mass murder using the gas could not have taken took place within, because the reverse would be true.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/holocaust/auschwitz/part01 (4765 words)

	Auschwitz - Birkenau Exhibition LukeTravels.com
		The majority of the Jewish men, women and children deported to Auschwitz were sent to their deaths in the Birkenau gas chambers immediately after arrival.
		A July 2, 1947 act of the Polish parliament established the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum on the grounds of the two extant parts of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
		The Nazis established Auschwitz in April 1940 under the direction of Heinrich Himmler, chief of two Nazi organizations-the Nazi guards known as the Schutzstaffel (SS), and the secret police known as the Gestapo.
	www.luketravels.com /auschwitz (1334 words)

	Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp
		October 1939: the Nazis annex the ancient Polish town of Oswiecim to the Third Reich and rename it Auschwitz.
		Before the Nazis came to Oswiecim and set up their monstrous Auschwitz concentration camp here, a small Jewish community had led its peaceful life at that place as in many other Polish towns in the region.
		In 1939 Hitler annexed the old Polish town of Oswiecim to his Third Reich as Auschwitz, and a year later the Nazis could start the conversion of the town’s abandoned barracks into a concentration camp.
	www.krakow-info.com /auschwit.htm (771 words)

	auschwtz.htm
		Three large camps constituted the Auschwitz camp complex: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Birkenau), and Auschwitz III (Monowitz).
		Auschwitz-Birkenau, located near two of the crematoria, were called "Canada," because the Poles regarded that country as a place of great riches.
		Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans.
	www.ushmm.org /outreach/auschwtz.htm (660 words)

	Auschwitz - Birkenau
		Auschwitz was chosen because its location provided easy access by rail and because its extensive site ensured isolation.
		October 1944 the gas chambers at Birkenau ceased their work and were slowly dismantled.
		Of the four, Mordowicz is the only person who escaped from Auschwitz, was brought back there and survived.
	www.marchoftheliving.org /mol2001/auschwitz.html (517 words)

	Auschwitz I concentration camp - photos of the Visitor's Center and the entrance
		Tourists at both Auschwitz I and Birkenau are not required to take a guided tour, but may walk around freely on their own.
		Auschwitz I is one of the few memorial sites at the former Nazi concentration camps that has no large monument.
		Across the street are rather run-down commercial buildings in the Zasole district of the town of Oswiecim, or Auschwitz as it was called by the Germans who originally built the town in 1270.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /Poland/Auschwitz/Auschwitz01.html (949 words)

	CNN.com - Leaders, survivors mark Auschwitz liberation - Jan 27, 2005
		Birkenau -- the largest of the camps at Auschwitz -- is where Nazi doctors decided which deportees would be sent to forced labor and which would be condemned to immediate death in the gas chambers.
		Auschwitz is the most notorious of the death camps set up by Adolf Hitler to carry out his "final solution," the murder of Europe's Jewish population.
		Thursday's ceremony at the site of the main death factory at Birkenau started with the mournful whistle of an imaginary train on the tracks that brought more than a million deportees to their deaths.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/01/27/auschwitz.anniversary (1416 words)

	Auschwitz
		AUSCHWITZ II Construction of Auschwitz II, or Auschwitz-Birkenau, began in the vicinity of Brzezinka in October 1941.
		Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans.
		Auschwitz I, the main camp, was the first camp established near Oswiecim.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005189 (1339 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition OPINION > Auschwitz-Birkenau: Well-oiled Nazi death machine
		Starting in 1941, the Nazis began to further develop their “zone of terror” to include the village of Brzezinka—Birkenau in German—three kilometers from Auschwitz, and to fit out the extended camp with purpose-built, interconnecting gas chambers and crematoria.
		Birkenau was fully operational in 1943, and it was here that more than a million European Jews, some 20,000 gypsies and several hundred political prisoners were killed, most of them as soon as they arrived.
		From 1943, when Birkenau began operations, until the camp was liberated on January 27, 1945, 20,000 kilograms of Zyklon B gas were used in its gas chambers.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/jan/25/yehey/opinion/20050125opi5.html (686 words)

	@Poland : Auschwitz
		The Nazis established the Auschwitz concentration camp in April 1940.
		The second part of the camp occupied the present district of Brzezinka (Birkenau).
		It is located about 65 kilometres west of Krakow.
	www.pl-info.net /en/cities/auschwitz/index.shtml (202 words)

	Bach in Auschwitz and Birkenau
		She was Chief of all the female Nazi Wardens in Birkenau.
		As a lover of classical music she was an encouragement to and protector of the musicians who played in the women's orchestra of Birkenau.
		Prisoners' orchestra entertaining SS-men in Auschwitz I and Prisoners' orchestra in Buchenwald concentration camp.
	www.cympm.com /orkest.html (896 words)

	HOLOCAUST FAQ: Auschwitz-Birkenau: Layman's Guide (2/2)
		(http://ftp.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi?orgs/german/ifz/ifz.report) The extermination camp in Birkenau, established in the second half of 1941, was joined to the concentration camp Auschwitz, existing since May 1940.
		was the head of the women's camp at Auschwitz; the prisoners referred to her as `the beast.' For her share in the selections for the gas chambers and medical experiments and for her torture of countless prisoners, she was condemned to death in 1947 as a war criminal.
		Also not included in the registration were those prisoners who were sent to work in other concentration camps not belonging to the Auschwitz system.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/holocaust/auschwitz/part02 (4592 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Auschwitz
		This becomes known as the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp (or simply "Birkenau").
		Before the war was over, Auschwitz would become the largest of the Nazi death camps – a brutal symbol of the unspeakable atrocities that collectively came to be known as the Holocaust.
		Josef Mengele, the most notorious of the SS doctors at Auschwitz, specializes in the study of twins and dwarfs.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/auschwitz (910 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Oswiecim (Auschwitz) at Epinions.com
		After you are done touring Birkenau, unless you want to do some more walking (and I doubt you will), you’ll need to take the bus back to Auschwitz in order to catch the bus to the train station.
		Auschwitz was only partially destroyed by the Nazis, and many of the original buildings survived, including the gas chamber and crematorium--all of which you can view from the inside.
		Auschwitz I is the starting point of the tour, and one enters through the infamous gates with the sign, “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Works Makes Free).
	www.epinions.com /trvl-review-7B33-17B70B7-38CC6D01-prod3 (1161 words)

	CNN.com Specials - Auschwitz
		World leaders and survivors gather at Auschwitz to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
		January 27 marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz -- the Nazi death camp that has come to symbolize the horror of the Holocaust.
		Photos from Auschwitz during the war and just after the camp's liberation by Soviet forces in January 1945.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2005/auschwitz (221 words)

	Auschwitz concentration camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Auschwitz II (Birkenau) is the camp that most people know simply as "Auschwitz".
		Auschwitz II (Birkenau), an extermination camp and the site of the deaths of roughly 1 million Jews and some 19,000
		Auschwitz II and the remains of the gas chambers there are also open to the public.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp (221 words)

	Telegraph News Out! You are now in Auschwitz-Birkenau
		In only a week I had gone from living with my family to living in Auschwitz." The original Auschwitz – Auschwitz I – was a relatively small-scale affair, a proving ground for methods employed on an industrial scale at nearby Birkenau – or Auschwitz II.
		The Herman family's journey to Auschwitz began in 1939 when Hungary, an ally of Nazi Germany, was allowed by Hitler to annex a portion of eastern Czechoslovakia which now lies in Ukraine.
		A few months after his arrival in Auschwitz he had a hernia and, being judged unfit for work, was gassed.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/27/whol27.xml (1436 words)

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