Auschwitz Labour Camp Re-Named

WELLINGTON, N.Z. (AP) - The Auschwitz death camp has been renamed by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee at Poland's request, making clear it was run by Nazis.

The new name, to be announced in the southern New Zealand city Christchurch, was approved by the committee late Wednesday after it received a recommendation from Poland, committee spokesman Roni Amelan said.

The new name comes "in two parts," he said.

"The title is Auschwitz-Birkenau. The second line of the name is German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)."

Amelan said the new name, proposed by Poland "after consultation with other state parties to the (UNESCO world heritage) convention," applies immediately.

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Source: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/06/27/4295956-ap.html