Nellis hosts Holocaust Remembrance Week

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, Poland – Barracks at Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp and was located in Poland. The camp opened in 1940, and initially served as a detention center for political prisoners. Over time, the camp evolved into a network of camps where Jews and other people believed to be enemies of the Nazi regime were killed in gas chambers or used as slave labor. Some of the prisoners were also used for medical experiments by Dr. Josef Mengele. Auschwitz I, the original camp, housed between 15,000 and 20,000 people. Auschwitz II housed approximately 90,000 people. This camp is where the gas chambers and crematory ovens were located. A third camp, Auschwitz III, house about 10,000 people and was the largest of about 40 labor camps. It is believed more than 1 million people were killed or died in Auschwitz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

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Nellis hosts Holocaust Remembrance Week

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AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, Poland – Barracks at Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp and was located in Poland. The camp opened in 1940, and initially served as a detention center for political prisoners. Over time, the camp evolved into a network of camps where Jews and other people believed to be enemies of the Nazi regime were killed in gas chambers or used as slave labor. Some of the prisoners were also used for medical experiments by Dr. Josef Mengele. Auschwitz I, the original camp, housed between 15,000 and 20,000 people. Auschwitz II housed approximately 90,000 people. This camp is where the gas chambers and crematory ovens were located. A third camp, Auschwitz III, house about 10,000 people and was the largest of about 40 labor camps. It is believed more than 1 million people were killed or died in Auschwitz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

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