Auschwitz

    • Location: Southern Poland
    • Comprised of Auschwitz I, II, III, and 46 subcamps
    • First prisoners arrived on May 20, 1940
    • Millions of people died during the Holocaust, around 1.5 million of those at Auschwitz (the exact number is unknown)
    • 90% of the victims were Jews
    • Some other "undesirables" included homosexuals and Gypsies, as well as those who were mentally or physically handicapped
    • Most executions were implemented in gas chambers
    • Victims were also starved, shot, tortured, beaten, and/or suffocated
    • "Medical experiments" were performed on several prisoners
    • Allies initially dismissed the claims of mass murders at Auschwitz as "exaggerations"
    • Anne Frank died at Auschwitz
  • Auschwitz was one of many death camps set up by Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust to eliminate people (mostly Jews) he considered not qualified to be a part of the superior Aryan race he was determined to establish.
  • Liberation

    Though most prisoners were evacuated by the Nazis in January, 1945, over 7,000 were liberated by the Soviet military ten days later.
  • Auschwitz Today

    Today, the Auschwitz site is a Museums|museum open to the public. It serves as a tribute and memorial to those who were killed there during World War II, and a reminder of the atrocities that occured.

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