Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz [kÊ°ÉnʦÉntÊaËʦi̯oËnsËlaËÉ¡É ËÊaÊ̯ÊvɪtÍ¡s] ( 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 IIâBirkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz IIIâMonowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben factory), and 45 satellite camps.
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