The accepted figure was over 1.5 million.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The most conservative figures[12][13] use recently found NKVD documents showing 309,000[14][15][16] to 381,220.[16][17] The Soviets didn't recognise ethnic minorities as Polish citizens,[15][18] some of the figures are based on those given an amnesty rather than deported[6][15] and not everyone was eligible for the amnesty[19] therefore the new figures are considered too low.[13][15][20][21] The original figures were: February 1940[22][23] over 220,000;[10][24] April around 315,000;[10][24][25] June–July between 240,000[10] to 400,000;[24] June, 1941, 200,000[26] to 300,000.[10] 1940 to 1941: Expulsions of 17,000 Polish and Jewish residents from the western districts of city Oświęcim from places located directly adjacent to Auschwitz Concentration Camp, and also from the villages of Broszkowice, Babice, Brzezinka, Rajsko, Pławy, Harmęże, Bór, and Budy.[27] The Expulsion of Polish civilians was a step towards establishing the Camp Interest Zone, which was set up in order to isolate the camp from the outside world and to carry out business activity to meet the needs of the SS.