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01/12/1943

The Central Sauna in Auschwitz II – Birkenau commences operations. The goal is to aid in the cleansing and disinfection of prisoners and their clothing in order to decrease epidemics in the camp. Epidemics ravage the labour force, and the SS officers are also at risk at being infected.

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VINTAGE PICTURE FROM THE CENTRAL SAUNA- WWW.AUSCHWITZ.ORG

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