Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
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.
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.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
Auschwitz was established by Heinrich Himmler.
Of course there were female Nazis, and some of them worked as guards (or warders) at Auschwitz and some other camps. A few were hanged for their crimes after the war. Some of them were among the most intensely sadistic guards at Auschwitz.
Werner Fischer was sentenced to life in prison during the Nuremberg Trials for his involvement in medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Some, like Maria Mandel, the head of the Auschwitz Women's Camp. were put on trial, convicted and hanged.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
According to the German Wikipedia, in November 1944 the SS began dismantling the crematoria in the hope of reassembling them in Mauthausen. Shortly before the arrival of the Soviet Army in Auschwitz (27 January 1945) the SS blew up the gas chambers and the remaining crematoria - and then fled.
Yes, there were several trials in the aftermath of World War 2. The first (?) was the Bergen-Belsen Trial in August-November 1945. The Nuremberg Tribunal was also concerned with war crimes and crimes against humanity. One of the most noteworth trials was that in Warsaw in April 1947 of Rudolf Hoess, who was Commandant of Auschwitz from May 1940 till November 1943. Some of the Auschwitz guards, such as Maria Mandel, were tried a little later.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
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.
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.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
Auschwitz is located in Poland.