What work did the Jews do at Auschwitz?

Answer 1

They were put to forced labor in mining or the German armaments industry; some crushed rock, some forged documents, money and works of art, some moved rocks, some built V-2 Rockets, some stacked rocks, some, as subjects, were abused in scientific and pseudo-scientific experiments, but mostly they were made until they died or were no longer fit to work and were sent to die. The nature of their work wasn't important (in principle) to the Nazis. They were rented out as laborers for a pittance. This pittance times millions filled the SS coffers, and nothing was wasted. The prisoners' hair was sold at 50 pfennig per kilo (7 tons were confiscated at Auschwitz), and before cremation their gold teeth were extracted as Judengeld for the support of the war effort.

Answer 2

They were slave labour for the German government and many leading German corporations. The work varied. At some camps they had to work on on the V1 and V2. Buna set up a factory (for synthetic rubber) at Auschwitz, for example.

An estimated 2,000 (two thousand!) German corporations employed slave labour provided by the SS, usually under SS guard and discipline.

Other work that the Jewish prisoners had to do included:

• Mining
• Quarrying
• Manufacturing armaments

Answer 3

The Jews were used as slave labourers in:

• Mining
• Chemicals, especially plastics
• Quarrying
• The armaments industry

Answer 4

their main job was to suffer. There was no single occupation for Jews.