Monowitz (Auschwitz III) was a hash labour camp that produced chemicals for I.-G. Farben, which owned (!) the camp.
It was at Auschwitz, about four miles from Auschwitz II.
The camp (Buna aka Monowitz or Auschwitz III) was bombed by the USAAF because it was a chemicals plant.
The camp (Buna aka Monowitz or Auschwitz III) was bombed by the USAAF because it was a chemicals plant.
The Buna camp (Monowitz, Auschwitz III) made various plastics for I.-G. Farben. It was the first concentration camp built by private entreprise.
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.
Hitler owned many concentration camps. However, his most famous complex would have been Auschwitz. It was the largest of the German concentration camps, consisting of Auschwitz I (the Stammlager or base camp); Auschwitz II-Birkenau (the Vernichtungslager or extermination camp); Auschwitz III-Monowitz, also known as Buna-Monowitz (a labor camp); and 45 satellite camps.
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Elie Wiesel and his father were marched from Auschwitz III (Monowitz/Buna) to Buchenwald.
The Buna-Werke, which made synthetic rubber, was part of the I.-G. Farben Group. It established its very own (private entreprise) concentration camp close to Auschwitz. It was called Monowitz (or Auschwitz III) and used slave labour to produced various plastics.
No, there was 2 camps. Auschwitz was one and the other one was Auschwitz berkenau. There were three main camps, the third being Monowitz.
IG Farben was a large German corporation which had a factory that became part of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The IG Farben factory was at Monowitz which is also called Auschwitz III.
At least 12,000 died at Monowitz, 10,000 was due to Labor Working.