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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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When did the selection process began at Auschwitz and how did it work?
At the Auschwitz complex of camps, some newly arrived Jews were selected for work - and the rest were usually gassed as soon as possible. Selection in this sense only took place on a large scale at camps that were both extermination camps and labour camps - namely Auschwitz and Majdanek.
At all the extermination camps a small number of new arrivals were sometimes selected to help with the extermination process, for example by digging graves, and some had to help the SS sort the victims belongings.
A medical officer like Dr. Mengele said to go left or right. One line was if your healthy and you would go work. The others were gassed as soon as possible.
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In addition to 'selection' on arrival, 'selections' would take place at any time. (A good example of this is in Schindler's List when the ladies are trying to make their cheeks red and they have to run around)
Often they would happen at roll call, but selection could happen at any time.
What were the methods of killing at Auschwitz?
The Holocaust victims were lined up naked in front of a large hole. They were then shot and fell into their grave. Also, much more sinisterly, the prisoners were told they would be allowed to shower, and locked into a fake showering facility, where they were gassed with hydrocyanic acid (Zyklon B). The main methods were: * Mass open air shootings (especially in the Soviet Union) * Gassing * Hard manual labour on insufficient food * Confining the victims in ghettos with insufficient food, poor sanitation and severe overcrowding that led to the spread of killer diseases
Why is Auschwitz the most notorious concentration camp?
Auschwitz, located at the intersection of several Polish cities, making it easily accessible from cities in German-occupied Europe. Auschwitz was the worst concentration camp because the goal of the camp was the extermination and elimination of all the prisoners admitted to the camp.
Yes. Auschwitz was #1 an extermination camp for men, women and children and also #2 a slave labour camp for women as well as men.
How bad was Auschwitz concentration camp?
With the mass starvation of the Jewish people, followed by gassing utilizing Zyklon B, it was worse than anyone can even imagine (although the photos of emaciated people behind barbed wire, in a state of near total undress is quite graphic, to say the least).
Worse than you can imagine. Trust me on this one.
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Elie Wiesel's autobiographical account Night will give you some idea of life at Auschwitz for those 'selected' for work.
What was the purpose of buchenwald concentration camps?
The main purpose of the camp was to terrorize political opponents of the Nazi regime.
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It was all apart of the master plan, they were to make the "eligible" prisoners work until they were nothing but skin and bones, most died from malnutrition or suicide. The others were taken to the gas chambers and "exterminated" immediately. After they had been killed they were cremated.
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Dachau was intended mainly for political prisoners but in the later stages also took other prisoners. It was not an extermination camp and it did not have any large gas chamber.
Who is the infamous Nazi doctor presiding over the Auschwitz arrivals?
It sounds as if you are thinking of Josef Mengele.
How many people could fit inside an Auschwitz gas chamber?
The size of the gas chambers varied and was geared to the size of the crematoria.
The capacities were as follows (per 24 hours):
- Crematorium I (abandoned as too small) - about 340 people
- Crematoria II and III - up to 2,500 people in one session
- Crematoria IV and V - up to 1,500
The capacities were limited only by the capacity to dispose of the bodies, the chambers could be re-used within about four hours. During most of the Holocaust the SS had more 'gassing capacity' than it needed.
Why did the Jews go to Auschwitz?
Auschwitz was Nazi Germany's largest concentration camp and extermination camp. The total number of people who were murdered at Auschwitz is estimated at between 1.1 million and 1.5 million, 90% of which were Jews. Auschwitz is a reminder to mankind of what hatred, prejudice, racism, and specifically antisemitism, can cause.
'How many people died in the Auschwitz gas chambers' was the original question and the answer is apporx 1,500,000. It is not the same as the current question - to which the answer is 'not all identities are known' and to list the known names would be a list of over a million and not practical. I suggest a visit to various Holocaust memorial web site.
What is the name of the poisonous gas used to kill Jews at Auschwitz?
I may be incorrect, but I believe it was called Zyklon B, a very lethal nerve gas.
Of course, I may be wrong.
Zyklon B was the most well known gas used for the Holocaust. However, most Jews were executed with carbon monoxide poisoning from truck exhaust because the Nazis had supply problems with Zyklon B.
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The poison was hydrogen cyanide. Zyklon B was the base.
When the Jews were sent to Auschwitz what happened to them when they got there?
In the concentration camps the Nazis took the little Jewish, Gypsy and Polish children and threw them up into the air and shot them as target practice. There were camps called: Auschwitz, Buna, Birkenau. The sick people were not given any food to eat or water to drink because they were close to death and the Nazis believed that even if they gave them food, they would still die. Hope That Helps!:)
What happened to people that got sent there?
The people would get beat and killed but most of all they would starve would be very very skinny and unusually pale, the Nazi also starved the women on purpose to stop their menstrual cycle so that they would be as low matnence as the men
What was the auchwitz-birkenau?
It was the expansion camp, it was where most of the inmates were held, it was also the location for most of the gas chambers.
Why is Auschwitz called the gate to hell?
Because of the horror of the Holocaust which occurred there... perhaps as well as the inscription on the gates: "Arbeit macht frei"
*****The inscription on the gate to Auschwitz is like that of many other camps. "Arbeit macht frei" is a German phrase meaning "labour makes (you) free". The slogan is known for having been placed over the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps during World War II, including most infamously Auschwitz I, where it was made by prisoners with metalwork skills and erected by order of the Nazis in June 1940. (Taken from Wikipedia)*****
What does a barbed wire tattoo symbolize?
1990.
Connotations of suffering, confinement, and capture because of the use of barbed and razor wire in concentration camps
Why do intruders not simply cut barbed wire fences to get in?
Barbed wire isn't made to keep intruders like people out. Its mainly designed to keep livestock in. If an intruder wanted to bypass the wire, he could just lift up on a strand and step through.
(clarification from original asker:) While this maybe true when used in a ranching framework, barbed wire is certainly used for national borders in some places, buildings, and other non-rural areas. Sometimes, it may be electrified. But when it's not, it seems that it'd be fairly easy to use an easy-to-buy-and-carry wire cutter.
When did Himmler visit Auschwitz for the first time and what did he ordered to happen?
Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer -SS, came to Auschwitz for the first time on 1 March 1941.
After a thorough inspection of the camp and the surrounding terrain, Himmler ordered Höss to undertake the following:
-Extend the camp at Auschwitz until it was able to accommodate 30,000 prisoners.
-Build a camp for 100,000 prisoners of war near the village of Brzezinka .
-Supply IG Farben with 10,000 prisoners to build an industrial plant at Dwory.
-Prepare the entire area for farming purposes.
-Build camp workshops for handicraft purposes.
-Indicatelarge armament plants should be built near the camp.
-Build an settlement for SS men.
What is the distance between Frankfurt Germany and Warsaw Poland?
The distance is straight path from one place to another place. There might be slight difference between the actual distance and the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.The distance between the above mentioned places is 554.00 miles approximately.
POW (plural POWs) is a widely used abbreviation for prisoner-of-war. There are strict rules in international law protecting them against inhuman and/or degrading treatment.
How many people were alive at the end of the Holocaust?
There are various definitions of Holocaust survivor. On the most stringent definition, about 150,000 survived. This means Jews who were in real danger and/or in camps and/or in hiding and still alive on 8 May 1945.
What happened to the women in Auschwitz?
Killed if unfit to work but if they were fit to work, they would be sent to female concentration camp in auschwitz
Why was Auschwitz turned into a museum?
People tend to forget history by the pass of time. It was important to keep it as a museum so the people don't forget about this genocide.
We have nothing to fear from the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and what they taught us in our past history.
-Life Sketches of Ellen G White, page 216-
