Former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau had record 2.3 million visitors in 2019


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An aerial picture shows a view of the railway entrance to former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz II - Birkenau with its SS guards tower. The site has been turned into a museum and memorial site. Photo: AFP

A record 2.3 million visitors toured former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau last year, the museum said recently, as the site gears up to mark 75 years since its last prisoners were freed.

The figure was an increase of 170,000 on the visitor numbers from 2018, the previous record year.

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