because of the increace in industry in the area and the need for slave labour.
it was converted into a concentration camp in 1940 and expanded in 1941 until the end of 1944.
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.
The original camp was intended for members of the Polish elite and for Polish resisters but it expanded rapidly.
If you are looking for the philosophical answer, then you can link it back to many people.If you are talking about the concentration camp, Rudolph Hoess was tasked with converting the existing barracks into a concentration camp. Local Poles were forced to help with the work.Over a year later Auschwitz was expanded to Birkenau, the Death Camp.Hitler
Auschwitz (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was the largest of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Located in southern Poland, it took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German), situated about 50 kilometers west of Kraków and 286 kilometers from Warsaw. Following the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Oświęcim was incorporated into Germany and renamed Auschwitz. Auschwitz opened as a concentration camp in May 1940 and from October 1941 expanded into a large group of camps, with Auschwitz I, II and III on or near the main site and a further 35 sub-camps. Please see the related question for more detail.
it expanded.
Auschwitz was established as a concentration camp in June 1940 and later expanded.
The functions of Auschwitz changed or expanded between 1940 and 1942. Please see the related question.
it was converted into a concentration camp in 1940 and expanded in 1941 until the end of 1944.
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.
The original camp was intended for members of the Polish elite and for Polish resisters but it expanded rapidly.
If you are looking for the philosophical answer, then you can link it back to many people.If you are talking about the concentration camp, Rudolph Hoess was tasked with converting the existing barracks into a concentration camp. Local Poles were forced to help with the work.Over a year later Auschwitz was expanded to Birkenau, the Death Camp.Hitler
Auschwitz (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was the largest of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Located in southern Poland, it took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German), situated about 50 kilometers west of Kraków and 286 kilometers from Warsaw. Following the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, Oświęcim was incorporated into Germany and renamed Auschwitz. Auschwitz opened as a concentration camp in May 1940 and from October 1941 expanded into a large group of camps, with Auschwitz I, II and III on or near the main site and a further 35 sub-camps. Please see the related question for more detail.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
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.