Death camp exhibit opens in Shanghai
<p><span word="Almost">Almost</span> 70 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="liberation">liberation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="Nazi">Nazi</span>-<span word="era">era</span> <span word="concentration">concentration</span> <span word="camp">camp</span>, <span word="Poland">Poland</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</span>-<span word="Birkenau">Birkenau</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Museum">Museum</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</span> <span word="exhibition">exhibition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horrors">horrors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="death">death</span> <span word="camp">camp</span>".</p><p><span word="Along">Along</span> <span word="with">with</span> 30 <span word="display">display</span> <span word="boards">boards</span> <span word="illustrating">illustrating</span> <span word="acts">acts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="brutality">brutality</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Nazi">Nazi</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="Jewish">Jewish</span> <span word="people">people</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="refuge">refuge</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Jews">Jews</span> <span word="fleeing">fleeing</span> <span word="Nazi">Nazi</span> <span word="persecution">persecution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span>1930<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p>"<span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="happen">happen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Jews">Jews</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="weren">weren</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="lucky">lucky</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="saved">saved</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="II">II</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Miroslaw">Miroslaw</span> <span word="Obstarczyk">Obstarczyk</span>, <span word="curator">curator</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</span>-<span word="Birkenau">Birkenau</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Museum">Museum</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="exhibition">exhibition</span> <span word="department">department</span>.</p><p><span word="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</span>, <span word="built">built</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nazis">Nazis</span> <span word="invaded">invaded</span> <span word="Poland">Poland</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1939, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Adolf">Adolf</span> <span word="Hitler">Hitler</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="concentration">concentration</span> <span word="camps">camps</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="camps">camps</span> <span word="and">and</span> 45 <span word="satellite">satellite</span> <span word="camps">camps</span>. <span word="Rudolf">Rudolf</span> <span word="Hoss">Hoss</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="camp">camp</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="commandant">commandant</span>, <span word="testified">testified</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</span> <span word="trials">trials</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 3 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="there">there</span>, 2.5 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="gassed">gassed</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="succumbing">succumbing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="starvation">starvation</span> - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="known">known</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="that">that</span> 1.3 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 90 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="Jews">Jews</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Krzysztof">Krzysztof</span> <span word="Smyk">Smyk</span>, <span word="consul">consul</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Poland">Poland</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span>, <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="war">war</span> <span word="Jewish">Jewish</span> <span word="Poles">Poles</span> <span word="constituted">constituted</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 25 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="artists">artists</span>, <span word="writers">writers</span>, <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span>. "<span word="Almost">Almost</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Poles">Poles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="Jews">Jews</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>," <span word="Smyk">Smyk</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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