A concentration camp and forced-labour camp under the authority of police and SS leaders in Kraków, Poland.
Płaszów
Fact of the Day
The diet of the average person in 13th century England probably contained between 1,500 and 1,650 calories per day.
Quote of the Day
"And if I am to estimate the penalty justly, I say that maintenance in the Prytaneum is the just return.
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~ Plato reporting Socrates' suggestion for punishment
On This Day
1586 American colonists arrived in Plymouth with large quantities of tobacco. Smoking caught on quickly, though it was also used in tea.
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1943 The concentrated Allied bombing of Hamburg led to a three hour firestorm that killed approx 30,000 civilians.