Auschwitz concentration camp
Concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland
Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. Wikipedia
Built by: IG Farben
Coordinates: 50°02′09″N 19°10′42″E / 50.03583°N 19.17833°E
Inmates: Mainly Jews, Poles, Romani, Soviet prisoners of war
Known for: The Holocaust
Liberated by: Soviet Union, 27 January 1945
Notable books: Man's Search for Meaning (1946); If This Is a Man (1947); Night (1960); Maus (1980–1991)
Operational: May 1940 – January 1945