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The aim is aim reaching the younger generation and educating them about the Holocaust. Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/auschwitzmemorial
It follows the launch by Auschwitz - now a state museum - of a YouTube channel earlier this year.
More than a million people - 90% of them Jews - were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz during World War II.
Auschwitz Museum
More than a million people have visited Auschwitz so far this year, the majority of them young people.
The Facebook page contains news and information about the museum, links to its YouTube channel and official website, and a discussion board. The first topic is about whether Auschwitz should have a presence on Facebook.
The Facebook page give the opportunity for discussion which is not available on the official website.
Stein Morten Lund, 10 January 2010
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