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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.
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Fast Facts
- 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
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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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January 30, 1933: Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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1933 March 22: Hitler's Nazis open Dachau, the first concentration camp
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1940 June 14: The_camp The first prisoners arrive at Auschwitz
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1941 September 3: Zyklon B used for the first time at Auschwitz
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1943 April 26: Witold Pilecki escapes Auschwitz. His report dismissed as exaggerations
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1943 May: Mengele arrives at Auschwitz to do medical experimentation
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1944 April 7: Vrba and Wetzler escape Auschwitz. Write report describing atrocites
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1944 June: Why Wasn't Auschwitz bombed:
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1944 August 2-30: Sixty five thousand more Jews,and others gassed at Auschwitz
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1945 January 27: Russians liberate Auschwitz
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January 30, 1933: Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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After Auschwitz
- The History Place: April 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide
- Wikipedia: April, 1947 Rudolf Hoess hanged
- Wikipedia: Late 1945, Heinrich Himmler commits suicide
- Wikipedia: 1959 Josef Mengele, accidentally drowns in Brazil
- Jewish History Library: December 2,1961 Adolf Eichmann executed Jerusalem
- US Holocaust Museum Memorial 1945-1951: Life Reborn
- Yahoo!7 News Boards: Holocaust trauma affects descentants
- CNN: Auschwitz 60 Years Since Liberation
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