It depended on the type of camp. If you were in an extermination camp the new arrivals were divided into 'fit for work' and 'unfit for work'. Those who were unfit were taken away and gassed as quickly as possible. Most of the others were worked to death over a period of months: they had to do hard manual work without enough food.
In other types of camps ('ordinary' concentration camps) you were severely beaten, also humiliated, and then you had to do hard labour - again without enough food. If you were very lucky you might get an office job.
Birkenau was a reception center for Auschwitz.
Prisoners first entered the Auschwitz complex by rail. One of the reasons for choosing the location was that it was close to a major rail junction.
Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. It closed down on January 1945 when the Soviet army entered Krakow (a large city in Poland) the Germans ordered that Auschwitz be abandoned.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
There was no rule for what they had to do each time, some places would have them sing, there was a band playing by the gate at Auschwitz for people returning from work.
Birkenau was a reception center for Auschwitz.
Prisoners first entered the Auschwitz complex by rail. One of the reasons for choosing the location was that it was close to a major rail junction.
Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. It closed down on January 1945 when the Soviet army entered Krakow (a large city in Poland) the Germans ordered that Auschwitz be abandoned.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
There was no rule for what they had to do each time, some places would have them sing, there was a band playing by the gate at Auschwitz for people returning from work.
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
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.
It had 3 sections. Auschwitz-I, which served as a working camp. Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the death camp. Auschwitz-III, it was used to provide slave labor to the nearby industry.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
Auschwitz is located in Poland.
Auschwitz was established by Heinrich Himmler.