Auschwitz Concentration Camp

The main concentration camp was Auschwitz. Auschwitz was the largest camp that was created by the Nazi. It was broken down into three main camps. The first camp was built in April 1940. It was known as Auschwitz 1. The second camp was built in October 1941. It was known as Birkenau. The third Camp was built in October 1942. It was known as Buna. The number of Victims in the Auschwitz Complex alone were absurd. The SS and police killed about 1.1 million people of all different backgrounds out of the 1.3 million that were deported to the complex.
Even though the camps were in the same complex, they all had different commanders. Auschwitz I had three different commanders. The first commander was SS Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Hoess. He was in command
it was also known as Buna. Birkenau was constructed in october of 1941. This camp had the largest total prisoner population. It was divided into ten different sections. All of the ten sections were surrounded by barbed wire. After 1942, the camp was being patrolled by SS guards and SS dog handlers. The camp was divided into a section for men and a section for women. Birkenau was a family camp for families from Germany, Austria, and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was also a family camp for Jewish families being deported from the Theresienstadt ghetto. Birkenau contained the facilities for a killing center. It was a key role in the German plan to kill all of the Jewish people in Europe. In the Summer and autumn of 1941, Zyklon B was starting to be used. Birkenau had four large crematorium buildings. The crematoriums were constructed between March and June of 1943. The chamber had three components. The components were a disrobing area, a large gas chamber, and a crematorium oven. The way of killing with gassing was used until November 1944. There was a revolt that took place in Birkenau. In the revolt the prisoners killed 3 guards. They blew up the crematorium that was next to the gas chamber. The Germans shut down the revolt. The Germans also killed almost every prisoner that was involved. The Jewish women that were involved were publicly hanged for smuggling in the explosives into the camp for the revolt. The third of the three camps in the Auschwitz complex was Auschwitz III. It was also known as Buna. it was created in October of 1942. It had a labor education camp for the non- Jewish