Auschwitz

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Auschwitz

• By Jamie Gasca

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Location

• Olwiecim, Poland
• Date Aushwitz opened
• - June 14, 1940

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The camp was used for

• There were 3 main camps within Auschwitz
• Auschwitz 1 Administrative Center
• Auschwitz 2 Extermination Camp
• Auschwitz 3 Labor Camp

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Chief Commander

• Rudolph Hoess
• In charge from May 4, 1940 to November of 1943.

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Types of Executions Used

• Gassing
• Lack of disease prevention
• Starving
• Individual executions
• Medical experiments (sterilization, twins, dwarfs)

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Five Years Later

• Death toll
• -estimated 2.5-4 million people died

• Liberated by the Soviet Union
• -January 27, 1945

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After Liberation

• Auschwitz 1 (Administration Camp)
• -Made into a museum to tell the tragic story of
  what happened.
• Auschwitz 2 (Extermination Camp)
• -Made into a grave site for the many that died
  there.

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Resources

• http//www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-
  ausch-lib.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hoess
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentrati
  on_camp
• http//www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/Ausc
  hwitzEng.html