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In 1940 the Germans
turned a former barracks

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into the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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The so-called main camp
was only the beginning.

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47 secondary camps were created.

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Thousands of slaves were made
to work there by the SS.

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In October 1941,
3 km from the main camp,

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Auschwitz Birkenau,
or Auschwitz II, was built.

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It was originally planned
as a huge prisoner of war camp.

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Soon it was the central point
for the murder of European Jews.

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There were separate camps
for women and men.

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Around 30 barracks were used solely 
to store the victims' possessions.

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Everything was taken at arrival for reuse.

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There were four gas chambers
and crematoria.

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Around 900,000 people
were murdered at Birkenau

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immediately after their arrival.