it wasn't, there was one section in Birkenau that housed a family camp.
yess it was a concentration camp but also a part of it was called Birkenau and Birkenau was a death camp
yes.
It was the expansion camp (Birkenau) and it was the deathcamp.
Extermination/Labour camp
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
the Nazis
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau
it was Rudolf Hoess
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.
a couple of kilometers from the Auschwitz main camp.
Auschwitz II (also known as Birkenau) was the biggest.