the basics.
Who? : The camp was built to exterminate, or mass murder, people of the Jewish religion. At least 1.1 million Jews died at Auschwitz, and about 1 in every 6 Jews murdered in the Holocaust, were killed there.
What? : Auschwitz was a network of concentration and extermination camps. This camp had three mid camps - Auschwitz I (the base camp), Auschwitz II (Birkenau, the extermination camp), & Auschwitz III (Monowitz, a labor camp).
Where? : Auschwitz was built in Poland, a country in Europe.
When? : Auschwitz was up and running on May 1940. It remained in service until it was liberated by the Soviets in January 27, 1945.
Why? : Auschwitz was one of many concentration camps built in Europe. For one thing, it was one of the most successful, and one of the largest concentration camps ever built. Hitler and the Nazis built this camp to kill Jews. Jews were either slaves, who were killed after they lost their energy to work for the Nazis, or were killed immediately in a crematorium or gas chamber. The purpose of there camps was to exterminate the Jewish religion from the face of the earth, solely because many Germans were influenced into thinking that Jews were an inferior race.
What? : Auschwitz was a network of concentration and extermination camps. This camp had three mid camps - Auschwitz I (the base camp), Auschwitz II (Birkenau, the extermination camp), & Auschwitz III (Monowitz, a labor camp).
Where? : Auschwitz was built in Poland, a country in Europe.
When? : Auschwitz was up and running on May 1940. It remained in service until it was liberated by the Soviets in January 27, 1945.
Why? : Auschwitz was one of many concentration camps built in Europe. For one thing, it was one of the most successful, and one of the largest concentration camps ever built. Hitler and the Nazis built this camp to kill Jews. Jews were either slaves, who were killed after they lost their energy to work for the Nazis, or were killed immediately in a crematorium or gas chamber. The purpose of there camps was to exterminate the Jewish religion from the face of the earth, solely because many Germans were influenced into thinking that Jews were an inferior race.
Auschwitz 1.Auschwitz 1 was the base camp. It was were all of the Jews were imprisoned. It is also commonly referred to as a transit camp, in which prisoners would stay until it was determined for them to either be exterminated, or strong enough to labor as a slave. The first prisoners arrived in May 1940, with about 30 people. But the population of this camp grew rapidly as more and more Jews entered Auschwitz 1. Soon, the prisoners from this camp would be sent off to Birkenau, Monowitz, or other camps in Europe. Most prisoners do not last the long journey to other camps, but if they do, the average life expectancy was usually less than three months. Auschwitz 1 was the first step to persecution in Auschwitz.
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Birkenau.Birkenau was one of the most tragic places in history. It was the death spot of nearly one million Jews and other outcasts. This extermination camp consisted of four crematoriums/gas chambers. First, Hitler and the Nazis built two gas chambers in cottages named "Red House" and "White House". They both functioned well, but later the Nazis wanted to expand and build more gas chambers. They built four crematoriums which consisted of gas tight chambers as well. The pesticide could be dropped in these chambers to mass murder hundreds of people in a matter of minutes. The crematoriums also functioned as morgues, or places where the dead bodies could be burned unceremoniously.
The fate of nearly all Jews who came to Auschwitz rested in the selection process. Jews who were too old or too young, pregnant women, ill people or anyone who was deemed unfit to work in a labor camp was sent immediately to Birkenau, the death camp. Those who were strong and still fairly young enough to work were sent to a labor camp. Overall, Birkenau was one of the deadliest and most tragic places in the history of the Holocaust. |
Monowitz.Monowitz was a labor camp. It was built as a place where Jews could labor, or work, for either the benefit of the Nazis, or just to morally tear them down. Jews who specialized in somethings, like doctors, or cooks, were separated and worked in their fields. Some Jews were put to unproductive tasks, like hauling big, heavy rocks from one spot to other, simply to torture the being until he dies of overwork, starvation, or many other different reasons. Only the people who were deemed fit enough to work, were sent to Monowitz. The others, such as small children and pregnant women were sent directly to Birkenau, to be cremated. Life in Monowitz was not very good, but in other points of view, it was better than death by a crematoria.
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Conditions.
conections. Night. by elie wiesel.
Auschwitz is one of the main parts of the book Night because this book is about a young boy, going with his family, to a concentration camp - Auschwitz. Many of his struggles were here, and it was also where he was separated from the ones he loved. The fact that many of the Jews were unaware that they were being taken to one of the most deadly concentration camps of that time, appalled the reader, as you learn more about the story of Elie Wiesel in his book, Night.
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By . Amulya Pilla - Salamone - English 8 GT - 5 - 06 December 2013.
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