Auschwitz was one of the most infamous and largest concentration camp known during World War II. It was located in the southwestern part of Poland commanded by Rudolf Höss. Auschwitz was first opened on June 14, 1940, much later than most of the other camps. It was in Auschwitz that the lives of so many were taken by methods of the gas chamber, crematoriums, and even from starvation and disease. These methods took "several hundreds and sometimes more than a thousand" lives a day. The majority of the lives killed were those of Jews although Gypsies, Yugoslavs, Poles, and many others of different ethnic backgrounds as well. The things most known about Auschwitz are the process people went through when entering the camp and
In 1940 Auschwitz was established in the suburbs of Oswiecim. Oswiecim is a Polish city that was annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis. Auschwitz was established because there were too many Polish people in the local prisons. In 1942 Auschwitz became a death camp and it was the largest known. (http://auschwitz.org/, n.d.) The camp was expanded throughout its existence, this resulted in Auschwitz consisting of three camps. The three camps were Main Camp, Birkenau, and Monowitz. Main Camp was known as Auschwitz I, Birkenau was known as Auschwitz II, and Monowitz was known as Auschwitz III. (Preisler, n.d.) Auschwitz was liberated in 1945. “Historians and analysts estimate the number of people murdered at Auschwitz somewhere between 2.1 million
Of all of the death camps built by the Nazis during World War II, none was larger or more destructive than the terrifying Auschwitz camp. Auschwitz was built by the Nazis in 1940, in Oswiecim, Poland, and was composed of three main parts. Auschwitz I was built in June 1940 and was intended to hold and kill Polish political prisoners. Auschwitz II-Birkenau, which opened October 1941, was larger and could contain over 100,000 inmates. Auschwitz III-Monowitz provided slave labor for a plant close by. In addition, there were many sub-camps. The most important camp at Auschwitz designed for the extermination of many people was Birkenau; numerous gas chambers and crematoria were established there, mainly to murder and incinerate Jews as
There were more than 40,000 concentration camps during the Holocaust. One of the worst and most destructive camp was Auschwitz, which was located in southern Poland (“Gilbert” 1). It contained three camps that were all known as Auschwitz. Auschwitz was a death camp and a concentration camp that claimed the lives of thousands. Survivors say that when the doors first open on the boxcar at Auschwitz there was an orchestra playing, this was to trick the prisoners into thinking there were somewhere better (“The Death Camps” 21). Physician Gisella Perl described the overall picture of Auschwitz she received when she first arrived as “Like big, black clouds, the smoke of the crematory hung over the camp. Sharp red tongues of flame licked the sky,
Auschwitz is located in Southern Poland on a former military base. Oswiecim was the name of the town where Auschwitz was located (History.com). On April twenty seventh the construction of the camp was ordered (www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org). When the concentration camp was under construction people and businesses were forced to leave the
The names Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dachau, Chelmno, Sobibor, Belzek and Majdanek are indelibly stamped on history as poster children for death and inhumanity. The
Around six million Jews died during the Holocaust. It was a terrible tragedy that should never be forgotten. The real question is, didn’t anyone else in the world realize what was going on? This massive genocide remained unnoticed for several reasons. Though the most important reason is that Hitler had power. He remained the leader with unlimited power and no one could stop him. He was so in control of the situation, that multiple countries never actually realized the severity of the situation. Countries didn’t label this massive killing spree a genocide. The Holocaust was a severe situation that should have been recognized as a genocide much sooner during this situation.
Auschwitz was amongst some of the most diverse and intricate concentration camps during the Holocaust. The goal that the Nazis had was to make the camp look comely in order to blind the world from the evil that was taking place just inside the gates of the camps. Upon arrival at the camp the prisoners would see a railroad station, but one thing they didn’t know is that it was fake. The railroad station was just a disguise to make you feel like everything was normal, and even the clock itself was fake, it was painted on the wall to represent how endless time felt while in the concentration camp. Another decoration in Auschwitz was the Star of David stitched onto a purple curtain that was
They had some mass graves to put the bodies in, but most were just lying around. The most famous person from this camp was Anne Frank. Her diary lead today’s generation to fully understand this period of time. When the camp was liberated on April 15, 1945, the British found 10,000 unburied bodies, and 40,000 sick, starving, or wounded. Thus proves this camp was one of the most horrifying camps of the Holocaust.
Auschwitz was a death and labor concentration camp during World war II. It was founded in April, 1940 by Hitler and the SS, and located in Poland. The camp was extremely violent, murderous, and an evil place. It was the home to the murder of 1.5 million Jews. Sadly it had the most deaths of any concentration camp ever.
INTRO: The Auschwitz Concentration camp was the largest active camp run by the Nazis during World War II. Built in 1940, on the ground of former Polish towns and neighborhoods. The Nazis bulldozed the houses and built the camp. Most of the camp consisted of Slave labor and execution facilities. The camp had gas chambers, medical facilities, and a crematorium. The camp consisted of three sub camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. It also had many minicamps that were used to hold extra prisoners. The Nazis committed atrocities at all their concentration camps, but Auschwitz was the worst. The Holocaust was one of the worst acts of murder and cruelty from one group of humans to another.
Auschwitz is located in a town in Poland called Oświęcim. Auschwitz was also called Auschwitz-Birkenau. Auschwitz was the largest and most effective of the concentration camps. Was the center role in the ‘final solution.’ Auschwitz was constructed on April 27, 1940, but actually there before the Nazis converted it into a concentration camp. Auschwitz was 40 sq kilometers in total area. Auschwitz was actually part of Oświęcim but was removed from
Auschwitz was founded as a German concentration camp on April 27, 1940. The camp served as a Polish artillery base before the camp was formed in
Last friday a guest came (Erik Cuba) he had a power point to demonstrate Auschwitz. Over 2 million jews died in the horrible camps.The worst part is that Auschwitz was amazingly beautiful,they were very OCD about their building style. Beautiful red brick buildings were perfectly lined up in a very very straight parallel bock sections. The grass was very well kept the trees were also very very well trimmed.
In June, 1940, the Auschwitz Concentration Camp opened; this camp would later be the home and death place of hundreds of thousands of prisoners. Jews, Poles, and Gypsies made up the large majority of prisoners in the camp. Life in Auschwitz included living in undesirable conditions, and being kept on a very strict schedule day in, day out.