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Birkenau Woods Incineration Area

In this field, the Birkenau Woods Incineration, people were also burned in large cremation pits. On the other side of the trees in the distance was Krematorium V and its burning pits.

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Birkenau Woods Incineration Field

On the other side of the trees in the distance was Krematorium V and its burning pits.

In this field people were also burned in large cremation pits.

The monuments in four languages – Polish, Russian, English, and German – read:

To the memory
Of the men, women and children
Who fell victim to the Nazi genocide.
Here lie their ashes. May their souls rest in peace.

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