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The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

From the end of 1941, a new camp had been built in the so-called "Auschwitz area of interest" of the SS. It was located three kilometers away from the existing Auschwitz concentration camp. Starting in March 1942, people were murdered by poison gas in two former farmhouses in Birkenau. Author: ZDF/

The flight of the Jews from the Nazis

While many hoped for the end, hundreds of thousands were fleeing from terror. By 1941 around 350,000 Jews had left Germany. Ultimately, neighboring countries refused to take in the refugees. The persecuted had to stay. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Leonie Schöler/Julia Geiß/Michael Fandel/Benjamin Leng/Margo