Auschwitz was a vast complex of camps (three main camps and 45 satellite camps). Nearly all the survivors were from the forced labour camps. Well known survivors include Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi and Fania Fenelon.
Of those who received numbers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, only 65,000 survived. It is estimated that only about 200,000 people who passed through the Auschwitz camps survived.
possibly, i know of at least one who survived Auschwitz.
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Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
Filip Mueler was one such person.
At least 3.5 million people died in Auschwitz.
He was sent to Auschwitz (because he was Jewish) and, as he was a chemist, he was used in Auschwitz III (also known as Buna or Monowitz). He survived and wrote about his experiences.
Auschwitz was a major concentration camp during the Holocaust. My grandmother survived from Auschwitz and is still living today. Please also see related question.
Just before the Holocaust there were about 18 million Jews world wide, and about one third (33%) were killed in the Holocaust.
Yes. Her parent's names were Otto and Edith Frank. Otto survived the war, but Edith did not. She died at Auschwitz from starvation.
All four members of the Frank family in hiding (Anne, Margot, Otto and Edith) were initially sent to Auschwitz from Westerbork. On 30 October 1944 Anne and Margot were transported to Bergen-Belsen, where they both died in March 1945. Edith Frank died at Auschwitz in January 1945, and Otto Frank survived in Auschwitz III.
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