Auschwitz visited by 1.43 million people in 2012, a record number in its 65-year history


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Travel is, and should be, as eye opening and educational as it is fun. Preservation efforts are currently underway to ensure that future travelers will be able to see and learn about Germany's past atrocities.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site in southern Poland says it registered 1.43 million visitors last year, a record number in its 65-year history as a place of Holocaust remembrance. For several y