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The opening of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in 1979
This event marked the opening of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust. The museum, located in Poland, is a reminder of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camp and serves as a reminder of the importance of preserving human rights and dignity
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Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben, and dozens of subcamps.