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Auschwitz-Birkenau Fences and Guard Towers

Auschwitz Fence and Guard Tower

Auschwitz Fence and Guard Tower

Giora Shimoni
Fences and guard towers like this all around the concentration camp prevented the prisoners from escaping. Only five people are known to have succeeded to escape from Auschwitz.
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