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It in unclear whether you are asking how many sections and sub-camps Auschwitz had, or whether you want to know the total number of death camps. Auschwitz was a vast complex and had about 40 satellite camps, some of them over 80 miles from the main camp. * Auschwitz I was the original camp, built in 1940 for Polish dissidents and intellectuals. It was later used for a wide range of prisoners and was an extremely harsh forced labour camp, where most of the prisoners were worked to death. * Auschwitz II (Birkenau) was the section with the (main) gas chambers. It was primarily an extermination camp. Most new arrivals were gassed soon after arrival. Auschwitz II also housed a forced labour camp for women. For a time the women who worked there were allowed to keep their children. For about 12 months from November 1943 onwards Birkenau was a separate camp, but was then merged back into the Auschwitz network. * Auschwitz III (Monowitz) was a 'private entreprise camp', built and owned by I.-G. Farben and was a chemicals plant producing polymers. Though owned privately, the day-to-day supervision of the workforce was in the hands of the SS. For a list of all the Nazi extermination camps please see the related question below.

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What were barracks back at Auschwitz?

Auschwitz was a converted Polish Army Barracks, the barracks were those original structures.


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Was there a house at Auschwitz?

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What was the layout of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz?

you had the kitchens on one end aned the barracks in the middle. The showers were on the sides.


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How many buildings did Auschwitz have?

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Who created Auschwitz?

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