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Pope Benedict XVI walks through the entrance of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, in Oswiecim, May 28, 2006.

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Description: Pope Benedict XVI places a candle by the death wall as he visits the former Auschwitz death camp May 28, 2006. Pope Benedict visited the Auschwitz death camp as 'a son of Germany' on Sunday to meet former inmates and view an execution wall and starvation cells where some of the 1.5 million victims died.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI prays in the cell of Father Maximilian Kolbe at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, on the last day of a four-day trip in Poland.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI walks through the entrance of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, in Oswiecim, May 28, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI visited the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, meeting former inmates of the "abyss of terror" and reciting a prayer of reconciliation in his native tongue on the last day of a visit to Poland.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the memorial plaques at the former Nazi Death Camp Birkenau, in Birkenau, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006. At the end of his pilgrimage to Poland, the pontiff paid his respects to the Nazi victims, mostly Jews, killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau and other Nazi concentration camps.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI pays respects by the death wall as he visits the former Auschwitz death camp May 28, 2006. Pope Benedict visited the Auschwitz death camp as 'a son of Germany' on Sunday to meet former inmates and view an execution wall and starvation cells where some of the 1.5 million victims died.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI carries a candle in front of the death wall at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, on the last day of a four-day trip in Poland. The visit is fraught with significance for Catholic-Jewish relations, a favorite theme for Benedict and predecessor John Paul II.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI stands in front of the death wall at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, on the last day of a four-day trip in Poland. The visit is fraught with significance for Catholic-Jewish relations, a favorite theme for Benedict and predecessor John Paul II.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI speaks with a concentration camp survivor at Block 11 at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, 28 May 2006, on the last day of a four-day trip in Poland. The visit is fraught with significance for Catholic-Jewish relations, a favorite theme for Benedict and predecessor John Paul II.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI enters block 11 at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, on his last day of a four-day trip in Poland. The visit is fraught with significance for Catholic-Jewish relations, a favorite theme for Benedict and predecessor John Paul II.
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Description: Pope Benedict XVI walks past concentration camp survivors at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, on the last day of a four-day trip in Poland. The visit is fraught with significance for Catholic-Jewish relations, a favorite theme for Benedict and predecessor John Paul II.
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Description: A gust of wind blows Pope Benedict XVI 's cape as he gives his blessing past concentration camp survivors at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, on the last day of a four-day trip in Poland. The visit is fraught with significance for Catholic-Jewish relations, a favorite theme for Benedict and predecessor John Paul II.
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