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Roundup

5-28-06

Auschwitz Address Ends Pope's Visit to Poland [audio 4min]

German-born Pope Benedict XVI makes a solemn visit to the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, ending a four-day tour of Poland. Benedict called the Nazi death camp "a place of horror." Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"