Auschwitz renamed

The UN cultural watchdog updated its name for the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland today to reflect its German Nazi role.

Auschwitz renamed
Thu, 28 Jun, 2007 - 12:54

The UN cultural watchdog updated its name for the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland today to reflect its German Nazi role.

Auschwitz will now be known as “Auschwitz-Birkenau. German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945),” Amelan said.

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