Auschwitz, the largest Nazi mass extermination camp, was built in Poland by the German occupiers.
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The woman who has lived her whole life in Auschwitz
Stuart Dowell
Anna Odi, the daughter of two museum employees, has lived her entire life within the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp.
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Stuart Dowell
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