Where is Auschwitz concentration camp?

Auschwitz concentration camp is in Auschwitz, a small town in southern Poland.

Auschwitz concentration camp is one of the labor camps and extermination camps established during Nazi Germany. It's called the death factory. Its site is located in Auschwitz, a small town in southern Poland, more than 300 kilometers away from Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and 60 kilometers southwest of Krakow, the second largest city in Poland. About 165438+ ten thousand people were killed in this concentration camp, most of them were Jews.

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Under Nazi Germany, prisoners were first transported to concentration camps by trucks. After May 1944, the railway will be established directly to the concentration camp. Doctors in concentration camps classify prisoners according to race, religion, homosexuality, etc. And then make a preliminary screening according to basic data such as gender and age.

The prisoners' personal luggage and belongings were confiscated and became the war resources of Nazi Germany. After screening, the only belongings of prisoners are their prison clothes.

Finally, they are assigned to different reception buildings according to race and gender. Political prisoners, common criminals, immigrants, homosexuals and Jews are marked on prison uniforms to distinguish the identity of prisoners.

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