Germany pledged $5 million for the upkeep of Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, according to a government spokesman. Part of the money will also be used for exhibits at the museum, which commemorates some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, who perished at Auschwitz during World War II, the spokesman added.
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