Word: majdanek
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John Paul also paid an emotional visit to the Majdanek concentration camp, where several hundred thousand people, mostly Jews, were killed during World War II. As he prayed silently for five minutes over a mound of the victims' commingled bones and ashes, tears welled in his eyes. Throughout the trip, the Pope was surrounded by legions of militia and other security personnel, whose intimidating numbers may have kept down attendance at some events. In Gdansk riot police clashed briefly with some 10,000 worshipers marching toward a Solidarity worker's monument...
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