Located thirty seven miles west of Krakow , Auschwitz was the camp where Jewish people were killed and were worked to death . This camp out of the rest of the concentration camps tortured the most prisoners . On August 15 1940 this camp opened which was the beginning of the worst five years of the Jewish people's history . In my essay on Auschwitz I will be including the location of the concentration camp , how many died at Auschwitz , methods they used 2 kill the Jews , what they ate at the camps , the prisoners daily routine , security around Auschwitz and the three main parts the camp was made up of . .
The Auschwitz concentration camp was opened from August 15 1940 to mid January 1945 . The prisoners at Auschwitz mainly consisted of Jews . The prisoners here were feed rations of bread and soup . The bread was usually stale and the soup would have human meat in it or other items such as lip stick , boots , jewelry and teeth . Here the prisoners were worked to the point of death . Trains transported prisoners to the camps , and the guards violently forced them off the train . All of the prisoners property was left on the train also and the dead bodies also . (www.holocaust-history.org) When they arrived at the camp the prisoners were sent into two different lines , one for the women and the other for the men . The lines moved into the place where a procedure called Selection took place . The ones who could work were not killed at this time , but the women , children and others that could not work were gassed . The prisoners that were good to work had their clothes taken , heads shaved , got sterilized and were given black and white striped clothing to wear . In this force labor camp the average life time was only a few months . Some ways that the Nazi's killed the jews were: being hanged , dying from mal nutrition and starvation , shot by the guards , thrown into the gas chambers , beat to death by the guards and sometimes even other by other prisoners that wanted their food .
The name Auschwitz rings terror to the ears of so many. ... Some think that at least 1,100,000 Jews from all of Europe died at Auschwitz. ... Auschwitz was actually a series of three camps. ... The second part was Auschwitz II also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau. ... Most of the victims of Auschwitz were murdered here. ...
Auschwitz - Birkenau could hold up to 70,000 prisoners at a time. ... Thousands were dying a day at Auschwitz. ... Block ten was the medical experimentation center in Auschwitz. ... Word about Auschwitz, and other concentration camps spread. ... Auschwitz was the largest graveyard in human history. ...
Recently, there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not Auschwitz should be maintained. To our readers who may not know, Auschwitz was the biggest Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust, consisting of 48 smaller concentration, extermination, and labour camps it comprised 3 large camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and a work camp called Auschwitz III-Monowitz. ... Even with other countries helping however, Poland still funds 94% of the total funding of Auschwitz (again according to the BBC), so cost is still an issue. ... Former Auschwitz inmate Wladyslaw Bartoszewski made ...
Auschwitz Auschwitz began as a barracks camp in the town of Oswiecim, for the polish army in the early 1930's. ... Hoss was Auschwitz's first commandant. ... The conditions at Auschwitz were unthinkable. ... Punishment at Auschwitz was sever and biased. ... Winter at Auschwitz was even worse. ...
One of the most famous camps, would be Auschwitz. ... In his novel, he wrote about Auschwitz being "the worst time of his life.... When arriving to Auschwitz, the unloading of rail transports of prisoners took place on a ramp beside the camp in the prison huts of Auschwitz I. ... They would be given their "souvenir" of their stay at Auschwitz. ... Although there were many different camps at the Auschwitz grounds, the main one is Auschwitz I. ...
It was a sign that hung over the gates of Auschwitz. ... The inmates of Auschwitz hardly had clothes. ... The doctors of Auschwitz played a crucial role. ... Resistance was almost impossible in Auschwitz. ... He came to Auschwitz in 1941. ...
Levi was a twenty four year old chemist when he arrived in Auschwitz. ... However, he survived eleven months in Auschwitz. ... However, it could be interpreted that he lost himself in Auschwitz. ... Primo Levi speaks of Auschwitz with the mentality of a prisoner. ... Perhaps Levi survived Auschwitz physically but not mentally. ...
Over the years Auschwitz began to expand into three separate parts. ... On March 1941, Himmler ordered the construction of Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, which was a larger section of the camp, 1.9 miles from Auschwitz I (Museum 1). Birkenau held up to 100,000 prisoners (Auschwitz) and was known as the most cruel and heartless section of Auschwitz. ... As soon as the prisoners arrived in Auschwitz they went through a process known as selection. ... Mengele voluntarily went to Auschwitz to conduct medical experiments, primarily on twins (Auschwitz). ...
That is what Auschwitz is all about. ... The people at Auschwitz had to deal with many hygiene problems. ... All of these terror took place in Block 10 of Auschwitz. ... The gas used was Zyklon B (Auschwitz, pg.23). ... Mengele or of Auschwitz only four out of ten people had. ...