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Germans opened Auschwitz in Poland. It was the largest of the Nazi camps and 1.1 million people were murdered there (mostly Jewish people).
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The idea of carving Mt. Rushmore was first introduced to promote tourism in South Dakota. It contains 60 foot tall sculptures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
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It is the day Imperial Japan surrendered in World War 2 which ended the war.
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