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Oświęcim (ôshvyĕN`chēm), Ger. Auschwitz, town (1992 est. pop. 45,100), Małopolskie prov., SE Poland. It is a railway junction and industrial center producing chemicals, leather, and agricultural implements. There are coal deposits in the vicinity. In World War II the Germans organized a concentration camp concentration camp, a detention site outside the normal prison system created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians. ..... Click the link for more information. system there, consisting of 3 main and 30 forced-labor camps. At the Brzezinka (Ger. Birkenau) extermination camp as many as 4,000,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, were killed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thoughtful and thought-provoking, the individual stories comprising this outstanding anthology include: Domitilla; The Emperor's Statue; The Ballad of 1095; 1492; A View of Toledo; Children of God; My Poor Prisoner; Four Women From Ravensbruck; The Game; Father Woytzski Leads A Jewish Youth Group to the Holocaust Memorial in Oswiecim, Poland; Guido, My Guide; The Eternal Roman; Beloved and Endangered Species; and the title piece, K'tia, A Savior Of The Jewish People". 1 -- color) A march begins Thursday in Oswiecim, Poland, where Nazis built the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The concept was developed by historian and exhibition-maker Carry van Lakerveld of Amsterdam and Christoph Heubner of the International Auschwitz Committee, Berlin, which produced the exhibit with the support of Volkswagen Coaching GmbH (Germany), LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa and the International Youth Centre, Oswiecim (Poland). |
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