Auschwitz-Birkenau Research Paper
Auschwitz-Birkenau was one of the largest Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp in Oswiecim , Poland. Auschwitz was really three camps in one. The camp was used as a forced labor camp , a prison camp , and also functioned for an extended period as a killing center.Jews were already being dehumanized,which is a typical stage of genocide. Between 1940-1945 there were 1,095,000 Jews deported to Auschwitz of whom 960,000 were killed.One of the more well known victim of the holocaust is Anne Frank she was transferred to Auschwitz but then transferred to another camp. This dreadful camp was established in May 26th , 1940. People from all over were being deported to Auschwitz like Poles, Roma ( Gypsies), Soviet prisoners, Jews , and other nationalities. The SS and police deported at least 1.3 million people to the Auschwitz complex between 1940 and 1945. Of these , 1.1 million of them were brutally murdered. Frequently traded news arrived at Auschwitz- Birkenau with transports of
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Auschwitz III was also called Buna or Monowitz. From May 1941 until July 1942, the SS had transported prisoners from Auschwitz I to the Buna Detachment at first on foot and later by rail. With the construction of Auschwitz III in the autumn of 1942, prisoners deployed at Buna lived in Auschwitz III. Auschwitz III also had a so-called Labor Education Camp for non-Jewish prisoners. I was fortunate enough to go to the museum of tolerance, where there are three exhibits the Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and the Tolerance exhibit. Anne Frank always had hope that she would survive the war, unfortunately she didn't, but I was that hope that kept her going those two years in hiding. The holocaust exhibit helped me understand that people should ever again be treated like that, they were dehumanized pretty much treated like animals. One more less known victims of the Holocaust is Noach Szejniuk, fortunately he did survive the
Auschwitz III was also called Buna or Monowitz. From May 1941 until July 1942, the SS had transported prisoners from Auschwitz I to the Buna Detachment at first on foot and later by rail. With the construction of Auschwitz III in the autumn of 1942, prisoners deployed at Buna lived in Auschwitz III. Auschwitz III also had a so-called Labor Education Camp for non-Jewish prisoners. I was fortunate enough to go to the museum of tolerance, where there are three exhibits the Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and the Tolerance exhibit. Anne Frank always had hope that she would survive the war, unfortunately she didn't, but I was that hope that kept her going those two years in hiding. The holocaust exhibit helped me understand that people should ever again be treated like that, they were dehumanized pretty much treated like animals. One more less known victims of the Holocaust is Noach Szejniuk, fortunately he did survive the