The former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland last year drew a record 1.3 million visitors, 100,000 more than in 2008.
The management of the Holocaust memorial and museum says many visitors were young, with increasing numbers coming from Asia, especially South Korea. Between 1940 and 1945 Nazi Germany killed at least 1.1 million people at Auschwitz's gas chambers. The vast majority of them were Jewish. Other victims included Polish political prisoners, Roma and Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. Soviet troops liberated the death camp on 27 January 1945. Last month thieves stole the infamous "Arbeit macht frei" sign straddling the camp's main gate. The sign, which says "Labour makes free", was later found sawn into several pieces.
Entrance to Auschwitz (Photo: Wikipedia)
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Entrance to Auschwitz (Photo: Wikipedia)
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This is definitely a real record. I guess with each year passing it would make a new record.
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