they were sent to extermination camp Auschwitz.
they were sent to extermination camp Auschwitz.
It was either the SS or the prisoners in AUschwitz, it's usually the Prisoners who put the bodies in the creamatories but the SS are the ones who burns the bodies. This just dont happen in Auschwitz, this happens in all extermination and death camps.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
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.
The Commandant of Auschwitz was Rudolf Hoess.
Auschwitz was established by Heinrich Himmler.