Auschwitz-Birkenau - extermination camp
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Warsaw ; KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ramp II ; KL Auschwitz-Birkenau ; KL Melk (Austria) ; KL Auschwitz I ; Tarnów (małopolskie voivodeship), penal institution, Konarskiego Street 2 ; KL Auschwitz I, gas chamber and crematorium I ; KL Auschwitz I, roll call square ; KL Auschwitz I, Block 11 and Death Wall ; KL Auschwitz III (Monowitz) ; Jawiszowice, industrial labor camp (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; Sosnowiec (śląskie voivodeship), industrial labor camp (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; Budy, agricultural labor camp (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Familienlager Theresienstadt ; Arbeitslager Gleiwitz I (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Zigeunerfamilienlager ; KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau) ; Arbeitslager Gleiwitz II (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; Rajsko, Waffen-SS and Police Institute of Hygiene (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; Arbeitslager Gleiwitz III (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; Arbeitslager Gleiwitz IV (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; KL Melk (subcamp of KL Mauthausen-Gusen, Austria) ; KL Ebensee (subcamp of KL Mauthausen-Gusen, Austria) ; Jasło, temporary remand prison, Staszica Street 3 ; Gorlice, Gestapo headquarters, Legionów Street 8 ; KL Auschwitz I, Block 10 ; KL Ravensbrück (Germany) ; Babice, agricultural labor camp (subcamp of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau) ; KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), gas chambers and crematoriums II, III, IV, V ; KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau), "Little White House” ; Poręba (district of Pszczyna) ; Linz (Austria) ; Pszczyna ; Nowy Wiśnicz ; Libusza ; Ostrava (Czech Republic) ; Wels (Austria) ; Lambach (Austria) ; Gmunden (Austria)
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Landkreis Mauthausen (III Rzesza) ; Kreishauptmannschaft Jasło (Generalne Gubernatorstwo) ; Kreishauptmannschaft Tarnów (Generalne Gubernatorstwo) ; Landkreis Bielsko-Biała (III Rzesza) ; Stadtkreis Sosnowiec (III Rzesza) ; Landkreis Chrzanów (III Rzesza) ; Stadtkreis Gliwice (III Rzesza) ; Landkreis Gmunden (III Rzesza) ; Landkreis Pszczyna (III Rzesza) ; Kreishauptmannschaft Warszawa (Generalne Gubernatorstwo) ; Kreishauptmannschaft Kraków (Generalne Gubernatorstwo) ; Landkreis Rybnik (III Rzesza) ; Stadtkreis Linz (III Rzesza) ; Landkreis Wels (III Rzesza)
Victims:
The Poles ; Civilians ; The Civilian Population ; The Church ; The Jews ; The Russians ; The Sick ; The elderly ; Czechs ; Prisoners of War ; The Roma and Sinti ; Slovaks ; The Dutch ; Norwegians ; The French ; Italians ; The sick ; Russians/Soviets ; Children ; Germans ; Women ; The Inteligentsia ; The Elderly ; Belgians ; Romanians ; Hungarians ; Greeks
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SS ; The Secret Police of Nazi Germany (Geheime Staatspolizei, the Gestapo) ; The Volksdeutsche/The Volksliste ; Collaboration ; The "Kalmyks"/ The "Cossacs"/ The "Russians"/ The "Ukrainians"
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Round-up ; Deportation ; Beating ; Arrest ; Brutal interrogation/Tortures ; Robbery ; Biological extermination ; Forced labor ; Death by shooting ; Economic exploitation ; Gas chambers ; Hanging ; Racial policy ; Medical experiments ; Death marches
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Health service ; Extermination of Jews ; Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage ; Union for Armed Struggle – Home Army (ZWZ-AK) ; Sonderaktion "Ungarn" ; Sonderaktion „Ungarn“ ; Obliterating the traces ; obliterating the traces
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The Poles The Civilian Population Civilians The Church The Jews The Russians The Sick The elderly Czechs Prisoners of War The Roma and Sinti Slovaks The Dutch Norwegians The French Italians The sick Russians/Soviets Children Germans Women The Inteligentsia The Elderly Belgians Romanians Hungarians GreeksCollections to which an object is assigned:
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