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Auschwitz II - that is the Birkenau section of the Auschwitz complex of camps - was a little over one square mile in area. It did not need to be enormous as, from March 1942 most new arrivals were gassed as soon as practical. Birkenau also housed the women's camp.
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How many extermination camps were in Auschwitz?
There was one large extermination camp in Auschwitz II (Birkenau).
Where is the Holocaust memorial in Auschwitz located?
Large sections of Auschwitz I and II have been preserved as a museum. -------------- It is at the end of the railway line at Auschwitz II (Birkenau) between where Krematoria II and Krematoria III stood.
Was there a Jewish ghetto in Auschwitz?
Auschwitz wasn't a ghetto - it was a concentration camp. _______________ The town itself had a large population before the war and about 40% of the inhabitants were Jews.
What did the Auschwitz Concentration camp do with the people that died there?
The corpses were cremated or buried in large pits.
When did Auschwitz close down?
Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. It closed down on January 1945 when the Soviet army entered Krakow (a large city in Poland) the Germans ordered that Auschwitz be abandoned.
Why was Auschwitz divided into three other groups?
Auschwitz was divided into three main camps—Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Birkenau), and Auschwitz III (Monowitz)—to serve different purposes. Auschwitz I was primarily a administrative center and a concentration camp for political prisoners, while Auschwitz II (Birkenau) was designed as a large extermination camp to facilitate mass killings. Auschwitz III (Monowitz) functioned as a labor camp, where inmates were forced to work in factories supporting the German war effort. This division allowed the Nazis to efficiently manage the systematic genocide and exploitation of prisoners.
What was IG Farben?
IG Farben was a large German corporation which had a factory that became part of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The IG Farben factory was at Monowitz which is also called Auschwitz III.
What are the names of the 3 main camps including Auschwitz?
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
What was Auschwitz-Birkenau during World War 2?
A large combined concentration and extermination death camp for Jews
Where was Auschwitz-Birkenau established?
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
Where was the extermination camp Auschwitz?
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
Where was the concentration camp Auschwitz and when was it built?
Auschwitz (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was the largest of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Located in southern Poland, it took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German), situated about 50 kilometers west of Kraków and 286 kilometers from Warsaw. Following the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Oświęcim was incorporated into Germany and renamed Auschwitz. Auschwitz opened as a concentration camp in May 1940 and from October 1941 expanded into a large group of camps, with Auschwitz I, II and III on or near the main site and a further 35 sub-camps. Please see the related question for more detail.
