Concentration camp and Extermination camp
Auschwitz was a concentration camp.concentration and extermination camp
Monowitz (Auschwitz III) was a hash labour camp that produced chemicals for I.-G. Farben, which owned (!) the camp.
It was a vast complex of camps. It was a concentration camp and also an extermination camp. Please see the related question.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
Auschwitz I was the original Auschwitz camp, set up in May 1940, mainly for Polish political prisoners and the Polish elites. It also housed the main administrative offices for the whole complex of camps as well as the blocks where medical experiments were carried out, and execution chambers.
The purpose of the Auschwitz camp was to kill people or put them to work.
Auschwitz is located in Poland.
The Auschwitz concentration camp began when beat you the hell up !
Otto Frank was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.
Auschwitz.
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.