answersLogoWhite

0

Birkenau was built after the Nazis knew more about the mechanics of the murdering process. It was seen as the industrialisation of murder.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Which country built Auschwitz?

Auschwitz isn't a country, it is a town in Southern Poland just West of Krakow, made famous by the Germans who set up many concentration camps in the area during the Holocaust.


What is the name of the illegal newspaper Jews made during the holocaust?

they made many illegal newspapers (or newssheets) during the Holocaust.


What made the train system to Auschwitz so beneficiary to the mass murder of the holocaust?

Auschwitz was and still is a major rail hub. Before 1914 (World War 1) it was very close to the point where Austria-Hungary, Germany and the Russian Empire met geographically. Auschwitz itself was under Austrian rule from 1815-1918. In Claude Lanzmann's documenary-style TV film on the Holocaust, "Shoah", there are modern sequences of people dashing from one platform to another there in the morning rush-hour, their thoughts presumably far, far from the Holocaust.


What was the significance of the Auschwitz concentratoin camp?

Auschwitz was the biggest Nazi concentration camp and also the biggest death camp. (Estimated death toll 1.3 million according to the German Wikipedia article on Auschwitz). More than any other camp, it has come to epitomize the Holocaust and all the horrors of Nazism. Part of it is now a museum.


Did Hitler set Auschwitz up?

He didn't do it personally but he did order it to be set up. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no evidence to suggest the Hitler knew or cared about the existence of Auschwitz, he did not micro-manage the Holocaust, all he cared about was that his territories were being made 'Jew-free'. It was established by Hoess on Himmler's orders.


Who ruled most of Auschwitz?

Most of Auschwitz was ruled by the Nazi regime during World War II. It served as a concentration and extermination camp under the control of the SS (Schutzstaffel), a paramilitary organization loyal to Adolf Hitler. The camp was overseen by commandants who enforced brutal policies of forced labor, imprisonment, and mass murder, targeting primarily Jewish individuals, but also other groups deemed undesirable by the Nazis. The atrocities committed at Auschwitz have made it a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust.


Three greek gods in the Holocaust?

Not holocaust. the big three Gods..Zeus, Poseidon and Hades made an oath during WWII


How where Nazis Death Camps made?

There were 5 main death camps the biggest was Auschwitz but most people killed in the holocaust were killed by mobile killing squads sent out in all conquered land


Where did the Nazis captured the jews?

A getto. Really, it originated when Adolf Hitler captured Jews and made them stay in run-down buildings. This was in the period of the Holocaust.


Quotes made by a SS Officer during the Holocaust?

they didnt make any quotes


What did the Germans make the Jews do during the holocaust?

They made them die violent deaths by the millions.


Who was president of Germany during the Holocaust?

Adolf Hitler was President at the time of the Holocaust. Hitler was made Chancellor and President, this new "role" was called Fuhrer. This is what ultimately made Hitler a Dictator.