Auschwitz/Birkenau Cremation Pit

Auschwitz/Birkenau

Cremation Pit

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Auschwitz/Birkenau Cremation Pit

In 1944, when the four Birkenau Krematoria could no longer keep pace with the rate of destruction, some 20,000 bodies a day were burned in this, and other pits.

They were approximately 100 m. long.

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