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Why has the name Auschwitz become a symbol for The Holocaust?
Auschwitz was the single largest killing camp.
What kind of camp Auschwitz?
Auschwitz was a concentration camp.concentration and extermination camp
Who did the killing at Auschwitz?
SS Officers and enlisted men under Rudolph Hess and Heinrich Himmler's Orders carried out the exterminations at Auschwitz.
Did German Jews go to Auschwitz?
Many German Jews were sent to Auschwitz. Others were slaughtered in Belarus and the killing fields of Latvia.
What kind of diseases were at Auschwitz?
typus
How do you get to Auschwitz?
Depending on what kind of transport your using
What was the biggest concentration camp called?
Auschwitz the largest killing up to 3-4 thousand Jews a day
What is an explanation of the purpose of Birkenau?
it was originally an expansion of Auschwitz, meant as housing for forced labour. it developed into a killing factory.
What kind of concentration camp was Auschwitz-Birkenau?
Extermination/Labour camp
What was the most famous concentration camp?
Auschwitz. It was the most efficient of the killing factories. A close second was Dachau. See the link..
What kind of gas did Auschwitz use?
Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland used Zyklon B gas in their gas chambers afterwards creamated the bodies.
When and where did the gassings start at Auschwitz?
The first gassings of prisoners occur in Auschwitz I on Wednesday 3rd September 1941. The SS tests Zyklon B gas by killing 850 people, Mainly soviet POWs and people who were weak and ill. Testing takes place in a gas chamber in the cellar of Block 11 in Auschwitz I. The success of these experiments leads to the adoption of Zyklon B as the killing agent for Auschwitz II-Birkenau. ___________ However, those early gassing were experimental. Auschwitz did not become a routine gassing centre till well into 1942, after Treblinka and Belzec.
