There isn't an actual meaning for Auschwitz.
Auschwitz was the biggest group of Nazi camps. It included the biggest of all the Nazi extermination camps (Auschwitz II - Birkenau) and also included very harsh slave-labor camps and concentration camps.
For many, the word Auschwitz has come to symbolize the Holocaust.
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Perhaps you are asking about the plain meaning of the place-name: in German it has no particular meaning. However, the Polish name, Oswiecim means holy ...!
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
Birkenau was Auschwitz II, which contained the main gas chambers and also the women's camp. Please see related question.
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.
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.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
Birkenau was Auschwitz II, which contained the main gas chambers and also the women's camp. Please see related question.
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.
The Commandant of Auschwitz was Rudolf Hoess.
Auschwitz and it was located in Nazi-Occupied Poland.
The sanitary at Auschwitz was very poor for the prisoners in it.