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Megan & Bethany - Auschwitz

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Auschwitz was established by the Germans in 1940 in the suburbs of a Polish town, named Oswiecim. The main reason Auschwitz was established was due to the mass arrest of Poles were increasing beyond the capacity of the "local" prisons. It was originally going to be just another concentration camp set up by the Nazis, but in the beginning of 1942, became the largest death camp. Auschwits was spilit into three parts, Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. Auschwitz I was referred to as the "main camp", which 15,000- 20,000 prisoners. Auschwitz II was the largest part of the camp. It had about 90,000 prisoners in 1944. Auschwitz III, which is also known as Buna, was one of the 40 sub-camps in Auschwitz.