Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest concentration and extermination camp built by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, where over a million people were murdered.
Imagine Auschwitz-Birkenau as an evil factory. Instead of producing goods, it produced death and suffering on an industrial scale.
Concentration Camps: Places where large numbers of people are kept as prisoners in extremely bad conditions, especially for political reasons.
Extermination Camps: These were Nazi camps with the express purpose of killing large groups of people quickly and efficiently.
Final Solution: The Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews introduced during World War II.
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