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. 2018 Mar 30:277–316. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804571-8.00027-5

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graphic file with name u13-02-9780128045718.jpg — Entrance to the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp where 6,000 people were put to death in gas chambers daily by the Nazi regime in World War II.

Source: The Holocaust, public domain available at: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust/pictures/holocaust-concentration-camps/poland-auschwitz-birkenau-death-camp