Auschwitz was established as a concentration camp in June 1940 and later expanded.
Elie Wiesel was 15 Years old when he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau on May 16th 1944.
Basically, because they couldn't work. Twin childrenhowever, if found, were not killed immediately at Auschwitz.
15 Years old he was.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
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Elie was 15 when they arrived at Auschwitz Shlomo was 50. (Shlomo is Elie's father) The others I don't know
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
Herman van Pels was 46 when he died in Auschwitz.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
Auschwitz had 3 big 'main' camps. They were called Auschwitz I, Auschwitz Birkenau and Auschwitz Monowitz. Monowitz was really a sub camp which was commonly used and when expanded did become as part of the main camps. Out of the lot, Auschwitz Birkenau was the biggest and most feared of as this part was about Extermination when the Final Solution was putted in place.
It had 3 sections. Auschwitz-I, which served as a working camp. Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the death camp. Auschwitz-III, it was used to provide slave labor to the nearby industry.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.