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Pope Benedict XVI prays in Birkenau in front of the 22 plagues commemorating people from various countries murdered in the camp on Sunday, 28 May 2006. German-born Pope Benedict asked on Sunday where God was when 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, died at the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Speaking at the Birkenau section of the camp, near where Jews were led from trains to be gassed and cremated, the head of the Roman Catholic Church said it was almost impossible to speak in 'this place of horror,' especially as a German Pope. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI