
Auschwitz-Birkenau is a Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex from World War II, now preserved as a memorial and museum. Visitors tour the grounds and buildings of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps, typically with a guide-educator, to learn about the history and fate of prisoners held there.
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