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Filippo Monteforte, AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis walks towards the main entrance with the lettering "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on July 29, 2016 in Oswiecim as part of his visit to World Youth Days. Pope Francis is in Poland for an international Catholic youth festival with a mission to encourage openness to migrants.- L'Osservatore Romano, Pool Photo via APPope Francis prays in front of the Memorial at the former Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday, July 29, 2016. Pope Francis paid a somber visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Friday, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place where Adolf Hitler's forces killed more than 1 million people, most of them Jews.
- Joe Klamar, AFP/Getty ImagesPolish scouts wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in Brzezinka part of the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau in Brzezinka on July 29, 2016, during World Youth Days. Pope Francis is in Poland for an international Catholic youth festival with a mission to encourage openness to migrants.
- Osservatore Romano, AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis walks to the cell of Polish franciscanian friar Maximilian Kolbe at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on July 29, 2016 in Oswiecim, Poland.
- Osservatore Romano, AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis prays in the cell of Polish franciscanian friar Maximilian Kolbe at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on July 29, 2016 in Oswiecim.
- Osservatore Romano, AFP/Getty ImagesThis picture released by the Vatican press office shows Pope Francis meeting with Holocaust survivors at the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland on July 29, 2016. Pope Francis heads to Poland for an international Catholic youth festival with a mission to encourage openness to migrants.
- Osservatore Romano, AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis sits between barracks in the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland on July 29, 2016. Pope Francis is in Poland for an international Catholic youth festival with a mission to encourage openness to migrants.
- Osservatore Romano, AFP/Getty ImagesPope Francis touches the Wall of Death, a firing squad execution area in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland on July 29, 2016.
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Pope Francis walks towards the main entrance with the lettering "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on July 29, 2016 in Oswiecim as part of his visit to World Youth Days. Pope Francis is in Poland for an international Catholic youth festival with a mission to encourage openness to migrants.
ExpandPope Francis paid a somber visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Friday, July 29, 2016, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place where Adolf Hitler’s forces killed more than 1 million people, most of them Jews. Pope Francis is in Poland for an international Catholic youth festival with a mission to encourage openness to migrants.