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1 00:00:03,269 --> 00:00:06,482 In 1940 the Germans turned a former barracks 2 00:00:06,501 --> 00:00:08,413 into the Auschwitz concentration camp. 3 00:00:08,678 --> 00:00:11,795 The so-called main camp was only the beginning. 4 00:00:12,268 --> 00:00:14,136 47 secondary camps were created. 5 00:00:14,527 --> 00:00:18,000 Thousands of slaves were made to work there by the SS. 6 00:00:19,562 --> 00:00:23,231 In October 1941, 3 km from the main camp, 7 00:00:23,278 --> 00:00:26,602 Auschwitz Birkenau, or Auschwitz II, was built. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,276 It was originally planned as a huge prisoner of war camp. 9 00:00:30,308 --> 00:00:33,928 Soon it was the central point for the murder of European Jews. 10 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,274 There were separate camps for women and men. 11 00:00:37,487 --> 00:00:41,805 Around 30 barracks were used solely to store the victims' possessions. 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,718 Everything was taken at arrival for reuse. 13 00:00:47,060 --> 00:00:49,762 There were four gas chambers and crematoria. 14 00:00:50,062 --> 00:00:53,248 Around 900,000 people were murdered at Birkenau 15 00:00:53,265 --> 00:00:54,981 immediately after their arrival.