Auschwitz
During World War 2 many people and
cities suffered. Many countries lost the lives of their people. The worst death
toll came from the death and concentration camps that held 1.3 million people
and killed 1.1 million. Auschwitz had 3 main camps and 45 sub-camps. The main
camp held the prisoners, was the location of medical experiments, and Block 11.
Auschwitz II was the main killing area where the camouflaged gas chambers were
located. The most prisoners were housed here as well as women and gypsies.
Auschwitz III was built as housing for forced laborers of the Buna synthetic
rubber factory in Monowitz.
At the arrival of Auschwitz prisoners would be separated into two lines, one going left and the other going right. The prisoners on the left, mostly women, children, and old men, were sent to immediate death in gas chambers or the Black Wall. The prisoners on the right, mostly men and strong people good for working, were forced into labor camps, neither line knowing that it would end in their death. The people on the right were put through a dehumanizing process that made them into camp prisoners. Their heads we shaved, they were given striped uniforms with shoes that were usually the wrong size, and numbers were tattooed on their arms as a mean of identification. They were forced into cruel and hard labor in any weather condition. The prisoners were cramped in bunks and had only 1 bucket as a restroom. Doctors of the camps would perform unusual procedures on twins, women, and dwarves. When the camp was liberated in 1945, only 7,650 prisoners were left.
At the arrival of Auschwitz prisoners would be separated into two lines, one going left and the other going right. The prisoners on the left, mostly women, children, and old men, were sent to immediate death in gas chambers or the Black Wall. The prisoners on the right, mostly men and strong people good for working, were forced into labor camps, neither line knowing that it would end in their death. The people on the right were put through a dehumanizing process that made them into camp prisoners. Their heads we shaved, they were given striped uniforms with shoes that were usually the wrong size, and numbers were tattooed on their arms as a mean of identification. They were forced into cruel and hard labor in any weather condition. The prisoners were cramped in bunks and had only 1 bucket as a restroom. Doctors of the camps would perform unusual procedures on twins, women, and dwarves. When the camp was liberated in 1945, only 7,650 prisoners were left.