Nazis. Auschwitz was a death camp where thousands were murdered by poison gas and their bodies incinerated in ovens.
Auschwitz started with a simple complex which only had around 20 barracks but when the Nazis took over this part of Poland, they turned it to a concentration camp called Auschwitz I. However, with more jews and POWs being sent to different concentration camps, Auschwitz needed to expand and when the Nazis were planning to create the Final Solution. This was when frequent deaths occurred which turned into hell fire when the Final Solution was ordered.
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.
The Commandant of Auschwitz was Rudolf Hoess.
Auschwitz is located in Poland.
Auschwitz was established by Heinrich Himmler.
Auschwitz and it was located in Nazi-Occupied Poland.
The sanitary at Auschwitz was very poor for the prisoners in it.