Name: Auschwitz
Duration: 137
Description: As Allied troops move across Europe, they encounter the horror of thousands of prisoners in Nazi camps.

As Allied troops move across Europe, they encounter the horror of thousands of prisoners in Nazi camps.

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<p>The Holocaust, during which some 6 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and other people were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany during World War II, was one of the most horrific war crimes ever committed.</p>


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