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And I can't describe it because I can't see any point
in describing the... ..the dehumanisation that we lived for the few days
that we were onboard. Unknown to them, the trains that
Renee, Arek and Ivor were on were destined for
Auschwitz-Birkenau, which would become the most infamous
and largest of the Nazi regime's
extermination camps. The camp, in southern Poland, had started life
as an old army barracks, originally used by the Germans to
hold Polish political prisoners. But as plans for
the Final Solution were rolled out, Auschwitz was transformed
into a death camp. By the time the first large
transport of Jews arrived in March 1942, it was ready to become the regime's primary killing ground
in describing the... ..the dehumanisation that we lived for the few days
that we were onboard. Unknown to them, the trains that
Renee, Arek and Ivor were on were destined for
Auschwitz-Birkenau, which would become the most infamous
and largest of the Nazi regime's
extermination camps. The camp, in southern Poland, had started life
as an old army barracks, originally used by the Germans to
hold Polish political prisoners. But as plans for
the Final Solution were rolled out, Auschwitz was transformed
into a death camp. By the time the first large
transport of Jews arrived in March 1942, it was ready to become the regime's primary killing ground
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And I can't describe it
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because I can't see any point
in describing the...
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..the dehumanisation that we lived
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for the few days
that we were onboard.
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Unknown to them, the trains that
Renee, Arek and Ivor were on
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were destined for
Auschwitz-Birkenau,
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which would become the most infamous
and largest
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of the Nazi regime's
extermination camps.
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The camp, in southern Poland,
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had started life
as an old army barracks,
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originally used by the Germans to
hold Polish political prisoners.
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But as plans for
the Final Solution were rolled out,
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Auschwitz was transformed
into a death camp.
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By the time the first large
transport of Jews arrived
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in March 1942,
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it was ready to become the regime's
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primary killing ground.
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Movie Summary
Marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of the holocaust and travels to visit the camp.
