WWII Auschwitz Restricted Area (Interessengebiet KL Auschwitz) (Rajsko) | Second World War 1939-1945, Holocaust

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 Second World War 1939-1945, Holocaust, historical layer / disappeared object
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The Interessengebiet (pretty much meaning "zone of interest") KL Auschwitz was established by the German Nazi administration as a restricted area to keep word of the ghastly (and officially secret) activities at Auschwitz from leaking out. Many civilian Poles were evacuated and the territory was appropriated by the occupying Germans. The area includes the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau death camps ---plus several satellite concentration camps including Plawy, Harmensee, Budy, and Rajsko.
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Coordinates:   50°0'12"N   19°10'45"E

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  • Wikipedia article in english http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp Wikipedia article in french http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz
  • Wikipedia article in english http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp Wikipedia article in french http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz
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