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Auschwitz, after the concentration camp that was there in World War II

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When Auschwitz was first built if it wasn't an extermination camp what was it?

There wasn't a place called Auschwitz in Poland prior to German invasion of Poland. Auschwitz is the German name for Oswiecim. Oswiecim was a town in Poland. After the Germans invaded Poland they renamed the area Auschwitz. They also destroyed several smaller settlements and towns like Birkenau around Oswiecim. The entire area where towns like Oswiecim and Birkenau were previously located became a network of labor camps controlled by the Germans all falling under the name Auschwitz.


Was Auschwitz a town in Poland?

Auschwitz is the German name for the Polish town of Oswiecim, which is about 42 miles west of Krakow. The notorious concentration and extermination camps (actually a vast complex of camps) was well outside the town and surrounded by an exclusion zone while the camp was in operation.


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Oswiecim, PolandAuschwitz is in Poland, about 37 miles west of Krakow. It was in German-occupied Poland from 1939-1945. Auschwitz is the German name for the town.The concentration camp and extermination camp were established by the Nazis outside the town of Oswiecim. The Auschwitz group of camps was a vast complex, with 3 camps on the main site and a further 45 sub-camps.Poland Approx. 50N 19E


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