A group of nuns, whose convent is on the outskirts of Auschwitz, have given the building to the Polish government. The Carmelite nuns built the convent in the 1980s but left in 1993 after protests from Jewish groups about the location of the convent. The nuns will reportedly be compensated for the building.
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