Auschwitz concentration camp

Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau; Auschwitz III-Monowitz; and dozens of subcamps. Of the 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz, 1.1 million died. The death toll includes...