to the left of the tourist centre, past the bookshop.
The famous sign reading Arbeit macht frei was above the main entrance to Auschwitz I, which was the camp established in May and June 1940, that is, the first of the concentration camp sections.
a couple of kilometers from the Auschwitz main camp.
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.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
The famous sign reading Arbeit macht frei was above the main entrance to Auschwitz I, which was the camp established in May and June 1940, that is, the first of the concentration camp sections.
a couple of kilometers from the Auschwitz main camp.
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.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
No, there was 2 camps. Auschwitz was one and the other one was Auschwitz berkenau. There were three main camps, the third being Monowitz.
Auschwitz II (also known as Birkenau) was on the main site, about 1.5 miles from Auschwitz I. Please see the related question.
Yes. Bilbo and the dwarves use the secret entrance while Smaug uses the main entrance
The functions of Auschwitz changed or expanded between 1940 and 1942. Please see the related question.
There were three camps on or near the main site - Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Birkenau) and Auschwitz III (Monowitz, also sometimes called Buna) - plus a further 45 sub-camps, some 80 miles away.Please see the related question below for more detail.
From early 1942 onwards, there were three camps on the main site at Auschwitz and the number of sub-camps (off the main site) grew to 45. The main site included the extermination camp at Birkenau (Auschwitz II).
because, Auschwitz isnt a single camp it's 3 main campswith 48 subcamps