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Auschwitz
Auschwitz was a Nazi controlled concentration, extermination and labor camp located in Poland. Opened in 1940, the camp was liberated in 1945 by Soviet troops. Questions and answers about Auschwitz can be found here.
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Dachau Concentration Camp was owned at first by the State of Bavaria. When the German states were abolished in 1934, ownership passed to the Reich. The camp was initially run by the SA (Stormtroopers, Brownshirts), then from 1934-45 by the SS. == ==
What did people eat at the Auschwitz camp eat?
Most people were poor during the 1930's because of the worldwide depression, so they ate cheap food. Families (at least in Berlin) commonly ate Eintopf, a bean soup, every day.
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 where did the gassings start at Auschwitz?
The first gassings of prisoners occur in Auschwitz I on Wednesday 3rd September 1941. The SS tests Zyklon B gas by killing 850 people, Mainly soviet POWs and people who were weak and ill. Testing takes place in a gas chamber in the cellar of Block 11 in Auschwitz I. The success of these experiments leads to the adoption of Zyklon B as the killing agent for Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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However, those early gassing were experimental. Auschwitz did not become a routine gassing centre till well into 1942, after Treblinka and Belzec.
When did Soviet troops discover Auschwitz?
January 27, 1945. Auschwitz III (Monowitz) was freed in the morning, and Auschwitz II (Birkenau) and I (the main camp) early in the afternoon. The Soviet troops were greeted by inmates who looked like walking skeletons. They needed medical attention before they could go anywhere or do much.
The purpose of Auschwitz was to rid of the Jews.
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Auschwitz was originally established in May 1940 as a very harsh concentration camp for Polish intellectuals, members of the Polish resistance and habitual German criminals. Until 1942 there were very few Jews there: the camp changed function ... See the related question for more information.
How many years was Auschwitz active?
* Auschwitz opened as a harsh concentration camp in May 1940. * 3 September 1941 - First experimental gassings (Auschwitz I) * October 1941 on - Camp greatly expanded. * March 1942 - First mass gassings (Auschwitz II) * 27 January 1945 - Auschwitz I, II and III liberated by the Soviet Army
How many Victorian children died from working?
If "Victorian" means "English": not that many. England had child labour laws since 1833, so since well before the Victorian era, limiting the kinds of work and the number of hours that children could do.
Why did people get killed at Auschwitz?
They also died because they dint eat that much food like we do today.
They were dying because they were being killed by the Germans. The Germans killed them by Cyclone's gas and they also got cremated.
By a 12 year old from Breaching High school.
When did Elie Wiesel arrived at Auschwitz Concentration camp?
He didnt do anyhin bd it was just he had to be taken away is all. ___ He was taken from his home town, Sighet, on 16 May 1944 and transported to Auschwitz.
Which country is Auschwitz in?
Oswiecim, Poland
Auschwitz is in Poland, about 37 miles west of Krakow. It was in German-occupied Poland from 1939-1945. Auschwitz is the German name for the town.
The concentration camp and extermination camp were established by the Nazis outside the town of Oswiecim. The Auschwitz group of camps was a vast complex, with 3 camps on the main site and a further 45 sub-camps.
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What is subsequent punishment?
The punishment of the press for publishing new articles dealing with judicial proceedings. Ordinarily, the First Amendment prohibits such punishment. However, the Supreme Court ruled that unless a compelling state interest or a serious threat to the administration of justice is proven to be the reason for punishment of the press then it is unconstitutional.
How many people died in Auschwitz everyday?
Well their was never an exact same number of people dying at Auschwitz daily.
There were days when no one was killed, Auschwitz was in existance for over a year before mass killings started, and there were days where 30 000 died.
Who created the final solution?
The "final solution" (extermination of all Jews within German-occupied territories) was outlined at the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942. The conference was called by Reinhard Heydrich at the behest of Reich Marshal Hermann Goring, who was acting on behalf of Adolf Hitler. Heydrich was charged with creating and implementing the deportation, imprisonment, and execution of the Jewish populations. Present at the meeting was Adolf Eichmann, who took over Operation Reinhard after Heydrich was assassinated in Prague on June 4.
How many staff were there at Auschwitz?
At least 7,500 SS Guards worked at Auschwitz and all of the Sub camps during the Holocaust.
At least 7,500 SS Guards worked at Auschwitz and all of the Sub camps during the Holocaust.
Did Jews die of starvation at Auschwitz?
About 225,000 Peope died from Starvation in Auschwitz.
It is doubtful that the number is that high, but many were sent to the gas chambers because they were so thin that they could not do physical labour anymore, most of the people who died of disease only died because theie immune systems were so badly compromised due to starvation.
There were also those that were sent to the 'starvation cells', where they were left to die.
Where did the Nazi's sleep at Auschwitz?
In the military barracks one concrete blockes which could held 3 people in each block and had a row of 53 blockes in each barrack
their was 14 sleeping camps so a normal size barrack can have a capacity of 2,000 people
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In the main camp, they would sleep in converted barracks. In Birkenau the women's camp was made up of brick buildings and the rest of the camp of wooden buildings, in which they would sleep on wooden bunks.
Poland's Jewish population has been estimated at 3.3-3.5 million in 1939, of whom only 380,000 remained at the end of the war. Some fled eastward in 1939, only to lose their lives following the 1941 nazi invasion of the USSR. Total Jewish deaths are variously estimated at 2.9-3.0 million, or around 88% of the prewar population.
What did the Nazis soldiers have to do at Auschwitz?
The guards at the camps were SS men. They also enforced camp discipline - with the whip, the club and the hangman's noose.
- Location: Oswiecim, PolandEstablished: May 26th1940Liberation: January 27th, 1945, by the Soviet Army.Estimated number of victims: 2,1 to 2,5 million (This estimated number of death is considered by historians as a strict minimum. The real number of death is unknown but probably much higher, maybe 4 millions)
- The Auschwitz complex was divided in three major camps: Auschwitz I main camp or Stammlager; Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, established on October 8th, 1941 as a 'Vernichtungslager' (extermination camp); Auschwitz III or Monowitz, established on May 31th, 1942 as an 'Arbeitslager' or work camp; also several sub-camps. There were up to seven gas chambers using Zyklon-B poison gas and three crematoria. Auschwitz II included a camp for new arrivals and those to be sent on to labor elsewhere; a Gypsy camp; a family camp; a camp for holding and sorting plundered goods and a women's camp. Auschwitz III provided slave labor for a major industrial plant run by I G Farben for producing synthetic rubber (see Blechhammer). Highest number of inmates, including sub-camps: 155,000. The estimated number of deaths: 2.1 to 2.5 million killed in gas chambers, of whom about 2 million were Jews, and Poles, Gypsies and Soviet POWs. About 330,000 deaths from other causes.In April 1940, Rudolph Höss, who become the first commandant, identified the Silesian town of Oswiecim as a possible site for a concentration camp. The function of the camp was initially to intimidate Poles and prevent resistance to German rule. It was also perceived as a cornerstone of the policy to re-colonize Upper Silesia, which had once been a German region, with 'pure Aryans'. On April 27th, Himmler ordered construction of the camp.
What were prisoners fed In Auschwitz?
Yes, they but were fed but very poorly to say the least.
The allowed caloric intake per prisoner was 600 calories per day or possibly less.
Not to mention "guards" would often play favorites and some would not eat for days.
It was just enough to keep the strong alive to work and that was not even considered important. Meals were served from large soup-pots that were mostly water. There is a reason you see Holocaust pictures of skeleton looking prisoners, but yes, they were technically "fed."
In comparison, most Americans eat well above 2000 calories per day and 2000 is considered basic.
