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So in other words, there is absolutely nothing new to be gleaned from the display of these blueprints, but it is a handy tool and means by which to keep certain particulars of WWII alive and in the media, even after all this time.  In other words, it’s another propaganda piece and nothing more.  Imagine that…

Daniel Uziel, the historical adviser to the exhibition, said the blueprints did not add much to what is already known about the camps but they provide “a great illustration of the process of turning Auschwitz from a small Polish concentration camp to the center of the Holocaust.”

An old World War I barrack for the Austro-Hungarian army, Auschwitz opened as a concentration camp in the summer of 1940. It was originally designed as a Soviet POW camp and its first prisoners were Polish. But because of its central location and its close access to natural resources, Himmler deemed it the perfect spot to implement the “Final Solution.” In late 1941, it swiftly evolved into a highly efficient death camp.

Source/Full Story: FOXNews.com

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