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The Auschwitz I Camp Entrance  
   

The Auschwitz I Camp Entrance

Me standing below the famous sign which means, "work makes you free."
Oswiecim (Auschwitz) and Krakow

June 29th 2008
The last day of our trip through Poland, we stopped in the town of Oscwiecim, which in German is Auschwitz. It is of course home to the famous Nazi concentration camps. It is not always clear from the information seen in a TV documentary or read in a book, but there are actually three Auschwitz camps close to one another. The main camp has been preserved and turned into the Auschwitz museum. I ... read more
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