It was a hard time for them starting day's work at 4:30. They had to make formation starting there until 7:00 and it was during that time even in the summer. Then the beatings started. From 1944 - 45, there were 4 or 5 people dead each morning. Then there was the daily medical experimentation. For much for work.
Some worked in a nearby armaments factory but were killed when they attempted to smuggle in explosives. Some worked at the Buna rubber factory.
Auschwitz was created on the orders of Himmler and established by the work of Hoess.
Birkenau was a reception center for Auschwitz.
Killed if unfit to work but if they were fit to work, they would be sent to female concentration camp in auschwitz
The purpose of the Auschwitz camp was to kill people or put them to work.
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was created on the orders of Himmler and established by the work of Hoess.
Birkenau was a reception center for Auschwitz.
It was designed by the nazis but it was actully build by the slave workers
Killed if unfit to work but if they were fit to work, they would be sent to female concentration camp in auschwitz
The purpose of the Auschwitz camp was to kill people or put them to work.
Auschwitz
Auschwitz-Birkenau was a Death Camp, which meant that the vast majority of Jews who were sent there were immediately "liquidated", which means that they were sent systematically to the gas chambers. However, there was a minority that was taken to other barracks and forced into slave labor at the camp, which included maintenance of the gas-chambers and crematoria in addition to various types of industrial labor.
work is liberty.
Auschwitz I is located in Poland, and was originally used as a prison for the "outcasts of life" such as people with disabilities, deformities, gypsies, homosexuals and Jews (unfortunately, of course). Auschwitz II - Birkenau was started in 1941 and was larger and more "deadly and famous" than Auschwitz I. Auschwitz II is what most people referr to when they say "Auschwitz". Auschqitz III - Monowitz was a chemical plant where most of the workers were slave labourers. It is in use as a chemicals factory. Tours for the public are held at the remains of Auschwitz I and II. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz
Basically, because they couldn't work. Twin childrenhowever, if found, were not killed immediately at Auschwitz.
The words "Arbeit Macht Frei" at the gate of Auschwitz are generally translated as "Work will set you free".
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.