Auschwitz

Auschwitz was the largest and deadliest of six dedicated extermination camps where hundreds of thousands of people were tortured and murdered during World War II and the Holocaust under the orders. Auschwitz also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps.

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Located near the industrial town of Oświęcim in southern Poland in a portion of the country that was annexed by Germany at the beginning of World War II Auschwitz was actually three camps in one.

. The sign above them is Arbeit Macht Frei - Work Makes You Free. Inmates arriving at night or who were too weak to walk. Located in southern Poland Auschwitz initially served as a detention.

KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Most deportees were forced to walk accompanied by SS men and a car with a Red Cross symbol that carried the Zyklon B as well as an SS doctor in case officers were poisoned by mistake. Home Page - History Before the extermination Auschwitz I Auschwitz II Auschwitz III Auschwitz sub-camps Auschwitz and Shoah Categories of prisoners Fate of children.

Over 11 million men women and children lost their lives here. The gates of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz Poland circa 1965. It is essential to visit both parts of the camp Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau in order to acquire a proper sense of the place that has become the symbol of the Holocaust of the European Jews as well as Nazi crimes againt Poles Romas and other groups.

Browse 19423 auschwitz stock photos and images available or search for auschwitz birkenau or auschwitz liberation to find more great stock photos and pictures. Located between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II arriving at this ramp meant a 25 km journey to Auschwitz II and the gas chambers. A prison camp an extermination camp and a slave-labour camp.

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