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On Sat. 05 Dec 1942 The SS authorities organized a general selection a.....

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The SS authorities organized a general selection among the prisoners of the female camp BIa in Auschwitz II-Birkenau Concentration Camp, which lasted all day, after which 2,000 young, healthy and fit to work women prisoners were killed in gas chambers Facility

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