Auschwitz the name itself struck terror through out the Jewish and German community.  Auschwitz has been a symbol of terror over the years . There was never a camp to match it. 
 By Adolf Hitler command Heinrich Himmler established Auschwitz on April 27,1940. The first prisoners arrived on June 14th. Auschwitz was the largest most complex camp and famous concentration camps. Auschwitz kept growing until 1945, it was composed of three large camps and 45-sub camps.  All three camps had names Auschwitz the main camp, Auschwitz , then Auschwitz Birkenau. At first the only prisoners Auschwitz were poles and German prisoners. At first Auschwitz never held a lot of Jewish prisoners.
 Many experiments were held at Auschwitz. Some of the experiments were on treatments that would help fallen soldiers on the battle field, for example putting prisoners in ice cold water for hours to see if it could help half frozen soldiers on the field. And many other test, like poisoning them, drinking gasoline and much more. One of the doctors there was Mengele or the( Angel of Death). Mengele did a lot of experiments on dwarfs and twins. The prisoners were as guinea pigs there. There were many other doctors but many were untrained or unsupervised.
When people arrived at Auschwitz they they saw the sign which read Arbeit Macht in German but in English it reads work will make you free. were put into groups and/or lines. Ones that were weak went to the left while the strong went right.   Over about 405,000 prisoners were registered this way. The other group went to the gas chambers.  There was one other group which was were experiments were held, the head doctor was Josef Mengele.  All three Auschwitz were established on October 8,1941 they had many other camps within it like a gypsy camp, Family camp, women's camp, and ect..    There was at least 2.1to2.5 million people killed at Auschwitz.
In Auschwitz there were four main gas chambers capable of killing 6,000 per day. Those selected to die were undressed in a under ground dressing room, then put in the gas chamber it took 20 to30 minutes for the people to stop screaming and yelling.  After this was done trusted men came and pulled the bodies out and took rings, gold teeth, women's hair, and more. Later on the bodies were put into big ovens which were called crematoriums were they burned the bodies to get rid of all the evidence. The killing areas made a turning point in the history of man's humanity to man. Birkenau's gas chambers could hold up to 2,000 people at one time. When the end was near ss attempted to remove all evidence of atrocities committed here.
While prisoners were in Auschwitz  they got one piece of bread in the morning. At the end of the day they got soup which is made up of water, sand and grass. They slept on beds made of wood also they would get little sleep before they had to get up   at 3:00 or 8:00a.m. The shoes they wore were made out of wood also. Auschwitz only had one way out and that was by dieing.
Auschwitz made many profits by supplying raw materials, this death industry was a profit making enterprise, There were other way of making money. Like selling gold teeth ,women's hair, rings, and other jewels. Auschwitz became the largest concentration camp. Auschwitz was made to carry out the final solution which it will.
Auschwitz had many deaths. In all of the people in Auschwitz 585,00 Jews and poles died at Auschwitz over the years Auschwitz was there. After everyone left people that were left behind tried to live till the troops got to Auschwitz. The remaining prisoners were shipped to other death camps like Dacha, Chelmo, and other German death camps. They think that all of the people that died at Auschwitz were 1,208,000 people. Over five million Jews died during World War Two. No one is sure how many people died. Many people were killed during the Holocaust .Once you enter through the gates you were sentence to death.
The history of Holocaust  is worth nothing because it tells of the coldness of the Hilters ideas.  Auschwitz looks just like it did years ago. After the war was over, Many people made museums and memorials for the people that died at Auschwitz and all of the other Death camps and Ghettos that were ever made.
Memories of Auschwitz will always be part of your mind and world and as hard as people try to forget it will never leave. But the people that went through it will know and try to not let it the torture and meanness happen once again.

 

 

 

Ashten Dekat

7th Social Studies

Rossville Jr. High

Holocaust Project

2004

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