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History of Auschwitz Concentration Camp The history city of Oswiecim ( Auschwitz in German ) dates back to the 12th century. Today Oswiecim is fourth largest city in Lesser Poland voivodeship with about 40 000 inhabitants (the biggest city in that voivodeship is Cracow - about 758 thousands people).
It was set up by the SS making use of old Austro-Hungarian cavalry barracks built in a mock Alpine style. In 1941-42 it was expanded to include an extermination (death) camp and women's forced labour camp at Birkenau (also known as Auschwitz II). Monowitz (Auschwitz III) was about four miles from the main site. It was a chemicals factory - a private entreprise concentration camp owned by I-G Farben, but the guards were SS men. Altogether, Auschwitz had about 45 satellite camps. Estimates of the numbers killed in the Auschwitz comples vary slightly.