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A rose lays on the tracks at the former Nazi death camp of Birkenau (Auschwitz II) in Oswiecim, southern Poland, Tuesday May 8, 2012. Some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, but also Poles and other nationals died in its gas chambers or from disease, hunger and forced labour during WW II. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Photo by Yves Logghe