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AUSCHWITZ, POLAND. Barracks in Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration camp #87945886
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Construction on Auschwitz II-Birkenau began in October 1941 to ease congestion at the main camp. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel SS, intended the camp to house 50,000 prisoners of war, who would be interned as forced laborers.
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