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Monowitz concentration camp — Buna Werke, Monowitz and subcamps. Monowitz (also called Monowitz Buna or Auschwitz III), initially established as a subcamp of Nazi Germany s Auschwitz concentration camp, was one of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp… … Wikipedia
Auschwitz concentration camp — Auschwitz and Auschwitz Birkenau redirect here. For the town, see Oświęcim. Distinguish from Austerlitz. Or see Auschwitz (disambiguation) Auschwitz Concentration camp … Wikipedia
AUSCHWITZ — (Oświęcim), Nazi Germany s largest concentration and extermination camp. The word Auschwitz has become a metaphor for the Holocaust in general, and the phrase after Auschwitz has come to signify the great historical rupture wrought by the murder… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Auschwitz — (Polish, Oswiecim) The largest of the death camps, located in Upper Silesia. Auschwitz consisted of three camps: Auschwitz I, the main Auschwitz camp; Auschwitz II, Birkenau, the extermination camp; and Auschwitz III, Buna works, the forced… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
LEVI, PRIMO — (1919–1987), Italian author. Levi was born in Turin and trained as a chemist, receiving his degree from the University of Turin three years after Mussolini had barred Jews from higher education. Although he had a bar mitzvah he was far from his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Carbide Tower — The tower stood in the center of AuschwitzBuna and was referred to by prisoners as Babelturm (Tower of Babel) because it was built on the backs of angry and resentful forced labor. See also Buna Works … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Concentration camps — These camps are distinguished from the death camps, which had as their primary purpose the murder of Jews and other targeted victims of the Nazis. The concentration camps were originally organized to incarcerate political opponents of the Nazi … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Mircea Eliade — Eliade redirects here. For other persons of the same name, see Eliade (surname). Mircea Eliade Born March 13, 1907(1907 03 13) Bucharest, Romania Died April 22, 1986( … Wikipedia
Oil Campaign chronology of World War II — Main articles: Oil Campaign of World War II and Oil Campaign targets of World War II The Oil Campaign chronology of World War II lists bombing missions and related events regarding the petroleum/oil/lubrication (POL) facilities that supplied Nazi … Wikipedia
Douglas MacArthur — General MacArthur redirects here. For other uses, see General MacArthur (disambiguation). For the diplomat, see Douglas MacArthur II. Douglas MacArthur … Wikipedia
