Auschwitz concentration camp

Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, also KZ Auschwitz [k?nts?nt?a?tsi?o?ns?la??? ??a??v?ts] ( listen)) was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It consisted of Auschwitz I (the original camp), Auschwitz II–Birkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz III–Monowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben factory), and 45 satellite camps.