Conditions Of Holocaust Prisoners Concentration Camps During The Holocaust

Have you ever heard of the nasty, disgusting, and horrible conditions that jews had to suffer with in concentration camps during the Holocaust? Lice and fleas are a big part of conditions in concentration camps, another horrible condition in the camps are diseases and sanitation, lastly another awful condition in concentration camps is mass murder and starvation. Many people died in concentration camps during the Holocaust because of the environment the jews had to live in and deal with, and many families were split and torn apart because loved ones of theirs had died because of the horrible conditions in the camps.

Auschwitz was one of the largest and first concentration camp during WW2 and next to Auschwitz were two other death camps that were named Auschwitz ll and lll. At Auschwitz, there was a total of 8 gas chambers and 4 of them can hold up to 2,000 prisoners (Mostly Jews) at a time. There were 11 million people murdered in the Holocaust and it estimated that 6 million Jews were killed and one in six was killed at Auschwitz.

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

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

Every concentration camp was different in the way they decided to deal with Jews. During the course of the Holocaust, many Jews from all over were forced into labor and worked until they no longer could. They moved frequently and had to decide whether they should fight to survive or give in to death. (Webb) Auschwitz was known as the Final Solution for prisoners. They were sent there to be killed. Auschwitz was separated into many sections that were always worse than the last. Prisoners were given the very minimum amount of food and were forced to suffer at the SS guards hands. They were worked at least 12 hours of the day, given horrible living conditions and were treated as animals, not humans. (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death”). Mauthausen was the only category three camp which meant that prisoners were sent there to be tortured and exterminated. They would either be worked to death or be killed for the guard's enjoyment. (“Mauthausen Concentration Camp”). After registration, prisoners stripped down and were forced into the bathhouses. Their heads

To begin with, the first ever concentration camp out of many was Dachau, it opened March 20, 1933 (Holocaust Facts). The Nazis built six camps: Chelmo, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz, and lastly Majdanek (Holocaust Facts). Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp and extermination camp built. Extermination camps were meant for killing large groups of people quickly and smoothly (Holocaust Facts). Each one of the camps killed at least 60,000-80,000 people and much more (Extermination Camps).

While there were many death camps that opened during the Jewish Holocaust, none of them compare to the opening of Birkenau in 1941. Birkenau opened and before it was liberated “the camp killed about 1.3 million people” (“Auschwitz”). Birkenau was a factory of death. This place was a monstrosity for all of the prisoners. They slept in a bunk with two or three other people and a blanket per person. Once the prisoners were there, they learned that life would not be easy. Waking up at six o’clock and working 12-14 hour days with minimal food. “The soup was unappetizing, and newly arrived prisoners were often unable to eat it, Supper consisted of about 300 grams of black bread, served with about 25 grams of sausage, or margarine, or a tablespoon

The prisoners had horrible living conditions at Auschwitz that can show how horrible the camp really was. In the concentration camp the prisoners were living in places that didn’t even appear to be for people. The prisoners lived in places that were made to house 52 horses, yet the people were forced to live there (Auschwitz: The Camp of Death). The people either lived in wooden or brick houses, that were referred to as huts or barracks, which lacked many necessities (Auschwitz: The Camp of Death). A single barrack was to have 800 to 1000 people living in them, and the huts had to have around 400

A gas chamber is a sealed quarter where poisonous gas is introduced. It was designed for mass murders and killings. The Nazi’s used these chambers to try to eliminate the Jewish race. The first experimental use of the gas chambers used Zyklon B and took place at Auschwitz. In many times, so much Zyklon B was used that it stained the walls of the chambers blue. The largest gas chambers could hold around 2,000 people each. At the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp at least 6,000 people were killed each day in the gas chambers by the Nazi Party. Only 9 out of ten of the captives were actually Jewish. At first the Nazi Party only put physically disabled or mentally unstable people in gas chambers. They only killed the people who they thought were “unworthy of

There were 18 barracks in the main camp. Two were used as a sickbay for the prisoners, two were warehouses, one was a penal block, and one barrack was used as the camp prison, until a separate prison was created. There were twelve barracks remaining. These served as prisoners' quarters. Because of poor sanitary conditions, the washroom and toilets within each barrack decayed after 1943.

Auschwitz opened in 1940 and closed in 1945 (Auschwitz). It was first planned to only hold 125 prisoners of war, but ended up being so much more (Auschwitz-Birkenau). Auschwitz camp was the largest camp of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Auschwitz I was the first, and main camp of Auschwitz (Holocaust). It was created in abandoned Polish army barracks. It was located in the suburb of the city. Auschwitz II was built later in the years, it was called Birkenau. Birkenau had the largest prisoner population out of all concentration camps (Holocaust). There were many other camps at Auschwitz, but the other main ones were Majdanek, Warsaw, and Płaszów (Auschwitz-Birkenau). On November 3, 1943, the SS ordered that Birkenau and Monowitz become independent camps (Holocaust). This caused many more deaths in the following years.

I. In 1940 the world’s largest Nazi camp was opened. The camp consisted of three main camps and 39 sub camps. The first main camp was Auschwitz I main camp or Stammlager, the second was Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, and the third was Auschwitz III or Buna. Auschwitz I was the main labor camp, it had gas chambers, and a crematorium. Auschwitz II had the biggest population of prisoners, it also had gas chambers, and was the killing center. Auschwitz III used to house prisoners who worked at Buna. Each year the camps grew and the numbers of prisoners expanded. Every day thousands of prisoners arrived to the camp. Individuals were transported to the camps by train, each

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.

There are three different main camps at Auschwitz and forty-eight smaller ones. I was in one of the main camps and I don’t know if that is better or worse because there is less food but there are more of us so we don’t punished as much. It also means they can’t keep track of us as well so maybe this is better.

The rise of Anti- Semitism was affecting the Jews all over Europe. Every Jew living in Europe during the 1930’s and 1940’s has a different and unique experience. Jewish towns and neighbourhoods were being confined to ghettos starting in 1939. After living in ghettos for approximately 2 years and living under unbearable conditions, German soldiers rounded up Jews and began to place them on trains, not telling them their destination. The experiences of Elie Wiesel and Irene Fogel Weiss are just two of the millions of stories that exist. Not only has the Holocaust left physical scars, but psychological scars as well which Viktor Frankel has written a book about, being a psychologist and Holocaust survivor.