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Termine preferito

Auschwitz (Polonia : campo di concentramento)(generico)   Cerca

Nota d'ambito

Use only when interviewees discuss their experiences with the Auschwitz camp complex as a whole and do not specify the particular Auschwitz camp. (en-US)

Definizione

Located in and near the town of Oswiecim, the Auschwitz camp system was the largest of the concentration and death camp complexes built by the Germans in occupied Poland during World War II. The camp complex included Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Buna), and over 45 subcamps. Used when interviewee did not specify the camp. (en-US)

Fonte

Pilichowski, Czeslaw. Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich 1939-1945: Informator encyklopedyczny = Nazi Camps in Poland 1939-1945: Dictionary and Encyclopedia. Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe Warszawa, 1979. (4 fold maps). p. 359-376

Termini più generici

• Cracovia (Polonia : Voivodship)