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How do the prisoners get from Birkenau to Auschwitz and what are their first impressions of this new camp?
Birkenau was the new camp. They would get there by foot. At the time that they would travel from one to the other, it would be during the construction phase, ie. when they were still building brick buildings and the railway line would not go all of the way into Birkenau, it would still be uninhabitted. Their first impression would be that it was boring, there would have been a large field with some buildings on it and a tree line in the distance.
Did siblings get separated from each other during World War 2 evacuation?
Yes, many siblings were separated and many only found each other many years later.
Was Auschwitz the main camp?
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
When and why did Britain start to evacuate children away from the cities in ww2?
Evacuation of children and other vulnerable people started on 3 September 1939 because immediate bombing of cities was expected.
What was the difference between Auschwitz and Birkenau?
Auschwitz I (or 1) was the original camp established in May 1940. It was an extremely harsh concentration camp, mainly for political prisoners - especially members of the Polish resistance. Auschwitz II (or 2, aka Birkenau) was begun in October 1941. It housed the extermination camp with the gas chambers and the women's camp as well as various other camps.
