Who was Auschwitz built by?

Answer 1

Historical Importance of Auschwitz: At Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi's death camps, 1.1 million people were murdered, mostly Jews. Auschwitz has become a symbol of death, the Holocaust, and the destruction of European Jewry.Dates: May 1940 -- January 27, 1945Camp Commandants: Rudolf Höss, Arthur Liebehenschel, Richard Baer

• Location: Oswiecim, PolandEstablished: May 26th1940Liberation: January 27th, 1945, by the Soviet Army.Estimated number of victims: 2,1 to 2,5 million (This estimated number of death is considered by historians as a strict minimum. The real number of death is unknown but probably much higher, maybe 4 millions)
• The Auschwitz complex was divided in three major camps: Auschwitz I main camp or Stammlager; Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, established on October 8th, 1941 as a 'Vernichtungslager' (extermination camp); Auschwitz III or Monowitz, established on May 31th, 1942 as an 'Arbeitslager' or work camp; also several sub-camps. There were up to seven gas chambers using Zyklon-B poison gas and three crematoria. Auschwitz II included a camp for new arrivals and those to be sent on to labor elsewhere; a Gypsy camp; a family camp; a camp for holding and sorting plundered goods and a women's camp. Auschwitz III provided slave labor for a major industrial plant run by I G Farben for producing synthetic rubber (see Blechhammer). Highest number of inmates, including sub-camps: 155,000. The estimated number of deaths: 2.1 to 2.5 million killed in gas chambers, of whom about 2 million were Jews, and Poles, Gypsies and Soviet POWs. About 330,000 deaths from other causes.In April 1940, Rudolph Höss, who become the first commandant, identified the Silesian town of Oswiecim as a possible site for a concentration camp. The function of the camp was initially to intimidate Poles and prevent resistance to German rule. It was also perceived as a cornerstone of the policy to re-colonize Upper Silesia, which had once been a German region, with 'pure Aryans'. On April 27th, Himmler ordered construction of the camp.

Answer 2

Auschwitz, which was really a network of concentration and death camps, was built by Nazi Germans to murder all possible "enemies" of Nazi Germany. The network included Auschwitz I, II (or Birkenau), III and other subcamps. In total, the victims included at least 960,000 murdered Jews, who died mainly in Auschwitz Birkenau. Other victims included approximately 74,000 Poles (Auschwitz I - Poles were the first prisoners to arrive in Auschwitz), 21,000 Roma (Gypsies), and 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war; and 10,000-15,000 members of other nationalities (Soviet civilians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, French, Germans, and Austrians).source: United States Holocaust Museum.

Answer 3

Himmler had it built.