Auschwitz-Birkenau: The Most Horrible Events During The Holocaust

The majority of Auschwitz victims died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was the largest mass murdering concentration camp in history. Auschwitz-Birkenau was the most unwanted place to go even though prisoners didn’t know where they were going when they were being deported. Many victims died in Auschwitz-Birkenau and today that camp is a reminder of the horrible events that took place during the Holocaust. Heinrich Himmler was the person who ordered the construction of Auschwitz. “He also was the commander of the SS.”(www.history.com) “He ordered for Auschwitz II(Birkenau) to be built.”(www.history.com) He went there and commanded that Auschwitz-Birkenau would be able to hold 100,000 prisoners. In 1941, Himmler briefed Commandant Hoss about the Final Solution, which was the Nazi plan to annihilate the Jews, Poles, gypsies, and others from Europe. “Lieutenant General Reinhard Heydrich formalised the Final Solution in a speech at the Wannsee conference.”(www.guardian.com) Rudolph Hoss was the first commandant of Auschwitz. “He identified the Silesian town of Oswiecim in Poland as a possible site for Auschwitz, the concentration camp. When the camps were being built the Germans isolated the camps from the outside world with barbed wire fencing.”(www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org) Another big person in Auschwitz was Josef Mengele. He was known as the …show more content…
“Auschwitz-Birkenau was annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis.”(www.auschwitz.org) Its name was changed to Auschwitz, which also became the name of Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. “The construction of Auschwitz-Birkenau began in the vicinity of Brzezinka.”(www.ushmm.org) This village was evacuated and nearby factories and homes were bulldozed. Most of the Jews that went to Auschwitz-Birkenau were from the Theresienstadt