It is estimated that almost one-quarter of the Jews killed during World War II were murdered in Auschwitz alone (Museum). ... The concentration camp system began even before World War II. ... World War II intensified the concentration camp system, bringing forth more organized and permanent camps. ... On March 1941, Himmler ordered the construction of Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, which was a larger section of the camp, 1.9 miles from Auschwitz I (Museum 1). ... Many were forced to work in the IG Farben, which at the time was the fourth largest corporation in the world. ...

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This second camp was called Auschwitz II, or Birkinau. ... That is the question which has been rearing its head in scientific research since the end of World War II. ... The other goal of the Nazi scientists was to provide human data that could be applied to the war effort. ...

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At the outbreak of World War II, Viktor Emil Frankl was director of therapy in a large mental hospital in Vienna and the organizer of a group of successful youth guidance centers. ... While he never focuses on his own behavior as especially humane, Frankl does note that quality in others. ... Part of recovering and rejoining the world outside of camp was being reunited with family members and friends. ...

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