Poland has had a complicated existence. It was too often invaded, divided and conquered. The frontiers were unstable and peace was rare. Poland saw tyrannies, insurgencies and the 20th century at its worst: dictatorship, extermination camps, complete destruction of the main cities, an unparalleled shift of the borders and a failed attempt at socialism.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau is the most well known cemetery in the world and place of genocide. Started in 1940 as a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners in 1942, it became the center for extermination of European Jews.
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Gierloz - the former main base of Hitler Wolf rampart
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Located amongst woods and lakes, this little village is renowned for being home to the Wolf?s Lair ? the wartime headquarters of Adolf Hitler, and comprising a complex of 80 strong bunkers built between 1940 and 1941.
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The history of the factory and its owner Oskar Schindler, as well as the life stories of Jewish prisoners of the Plaszow concentration camp he managed to save are known mainly due to Steven Spielberg?s film Schindler?s List.
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