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The barracks at Auschwitz where Jewish possessions were taken and catalogued was called "Canada", and every online source tells me that this is because "Canada was seen by Poles / Germans as a land of plenty". Is this true? Where did this particular vision of Canada come from?

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The barracks at Auschwitz where Jewish possessions were taken and catalogued was called "Canada", and every online source tells me that this is because "Canada was seen by Poles / Germans as a land of plenty". Is this true? Where did this particular vision of Canada come from?	348