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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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Why did people wear striped uniform at Auschwitz?
Each of these striped uniforms was marked with a badge indicating the prisoner's category and an identification number that henceforth substituted his or her name.
How many people were interned to Auschwitz?
Approximately 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz during its operation from 1940 to 1945. Of those, around 1.1 million were murdered, including a significant number of Jews, as well as Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, and others targeted by the Nazi regime. Auschwitz became one of the most notorious concentration and extermination camps of the Holocaust.
What did the Germans do to kill babies in Auschwitz?
Babies were drowned at birth. For some reason the Germans decided that it was wrong to kill an expectant mother, but as soon as the mother had given birth it was alright to kill them both.
How far is Auschwitz from market square?
Gotta be more specific but if you meant Krakow Main market square in Poland then the distance is 67.8 KM's or 42.2 Miles.
How did people enter 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.
At Auschwitz who recognizes Eliezer and his father?
Their relative from Antwerp, named Stein. -Tori Lynn.(:
All prisoners who were forced labourers at the Auschwitz complex of camps had a number tattooed on them. Tattooed numbers were not used at other camps.
What did the SS do at Auschwitz?
The ss tortured and starved The Jewish people to death. Hence death camps. It was Genecide is the most horrific sense. they did genetic testing on them. They separated family members to break them down. All the while the Jewish people kept their faith in G-D. So in a basic term they tested their faith and made me appreciated my elders that much more.
Carbon monoxide from vehicle exhausts.
More detail: The first civilian victims of Nazi gassing were the mentally ill. After being certified by two doctors (who did not necessarily see the patient in person) the victims were shut in and submitted to the exhaust fumes of motors. This happened in Germany, to Germans, in the autumn of 1939, it was temporarily halted due to popular protest. This method, and its agents were adopted in 1941 to be used on Jews.
because of the increace in industry in the area and the need for slave labour.
How did Father Maximillian Kolbe die in Auschwitz?
He was initially starved and then was injected with poison. His body was then burned.
It has become oh-so-trendy to regard people in that kind of position as guilty as guilty can be - on a par with the actual perpetrators. In practical terms, what were ordinary residents of the town supposed to do? Run around the Polish countryside shouting, 'There's a holocaust going on at Auschwitz'? Storm the camp? And, by the way, about 40% of the residents of Auschwitz were themselves Jews and living under very severe restrictions indeed ...
There is a huge difference between bystanders who were actually in a position to 'do something' and those who were not.
What happened to jeannine burks family?
her mother and her siblings were rescued by Christians, and her father was sent to Auschwitz, and sadly never returned.
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What is the ratio of survivors to people who died in the death camp Auschwitz during World War 2?
it was about 1:10, but if you include those who died within six months of leaving Auschwitz, then it is closer to 1:30.
Is there a train which runs from Gdansk to Auschwitz?
You can travel from Gdańsk to Oświęcim (the Polish name of Auschwitz) with one or two changes of train en route.
In the current timetable:
leave Gdańsk at 0603 [a], 0742 [b], 1003 [c]
arrive at Oświęcim 1629, 1827, 2131.
[a] change at Warszawa and Katowice
[b] change at Warszawa and Kraków
[c] change at Kraków
For reservations, days of running, etc., check with Polish Railways - PKP
Who put the bodies in the creamatories at Auschwitz?
It was either the SS or the prisoners in AUschwitz, it's usually the Prisoners who put the bodies in the creamatories but the SS are the ones who burns the bodies. This just dont happen in Auschwitz, this happens in all extermination and death camps.
How many people survived at Auschwitz?
fewer than four million people survived.
The most famous that survived the concentration camps was Mr.Frank the father of Anne Marie Frank.
a lot actually. Many of them escsped many of them died. I dont know the exact number but yeha
Auschwitz roles in the holocaust?
It roles as to be run as a concentration camps and a extermination camp
Kill as much jews as possible whiles making a profit from the labour workers
What was the Nazi land expansion?
It was when the Nazis started expanding outward from Germany and annexing lands such as poland, the lower countries, France, austria, and southeast europe.
