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    Auschwitz was a death and labor concentration camp during World war II. It was founded in April, 1940 by Hitler and the SS, and located in Poland. The camp was extremely violent, murderous, and an evil place. It was the home to the murder of 1.5 million Jews. Sadly it had the most deaths of any concentration camp ever. It was first being used to hold Polish political prisoners, people who spoke out against Hitler after the Germans took over Poland starting World War II. The whole area consisted

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    Auschwitz concentration camp, also known as Auschwitz- Birkenau, was Nazi Germany’s largest concentration camp (Berenbaum, Auschwitz). The camp was created because Hitler became “convinced that his “Jewish problem” would be solved only with the elimination of every Jew in his domain, along with artists, educators, Gypsies, communists, homosexuals, the mentally and physically handicapped and others deemed unfit for survival in Nazi Germany” (Auschwitz, History.com). Auschwitz was located in southern

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    Auschwitz: The Truth About the Camps In 1933, many concentration camps were established all over Europe coinciding with Hitler’s rise to power and his goal of having a perfect Aryan race. There were many different types such as labor and death camps. Upon arrival, Jews went through a selection process to determine their fate. During this process, SS soldiers and doctors were given the job of differentiating between those who should be killed immediately and those who would be forced to perform hard

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    Auschwitz was the worst, and most well known concentration camp involved within WWII. This camp held about 25% of all prisoners in the camp “community”. Auschwitz was made up of many sub camps including its most well known one, Birkenau. The concentration camps were the pinnacle of terror for anyone to be captured. How they worked, why they were built, and the impact they had are all to come. Why were they built? During Hitler’s grand scheme to conquer the world, he had a slight issue. There were

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    Hitler’s infamous concentration camp Auschwitz became well known as one of the most brutal camps of the Holocaust. However, it was more than just an excruciating death center. It was a place where German SS and Nazi officers broke prisoners mentally and physically. Millions of innocent lives came to an end there. Considered one of the worst concentration camps ever, Auschwitz was known for its methodical organization, horrendous treatment of prisoners, and an atrocious death toll. Auschwitz was made up

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    Jewish civilians, Auschwitz concentration camp had a terrible psychological effect of many European people (“Auschwitz”). This camp was regarded as the most effective in the Neo-Nazi regime, and was described by many survivors as being absolutely brutal and horrific (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death” 17). The events surrounding the uprise and downfall of the Auschwitz concentration camp demonstrate the abhorrent ideals of the Nazi regime and the effect on its victims. Auschwitz itself consisted of

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    Auschwitz was a German concentration camp which was run from the years 1940 to 1945. It was split into three large camps, Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. It also had over 50 subcamps. Auschwitz was the biggest concentration camp and it had some of the largest murdering rates ever. (Auschwitz Museum and Memorial) Upon arrival to the camp, SS doctors stood everyone on the platforms and made selections on who would go immediately to the gas chambers, and who would be kept in the camp

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    Glenn A3 13 November 2015 The Harsh Treatment of Prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp Imagine being stuck in an old, damp building filled with hundreds of people. You are starving; you haven’t had a meal in days. Beaten and torn by the harsh punishments of the Nazi SS, you are scared. Any second now you can be shot or hit by a Nazi soldier. A soldier comes…what fate does he bring you? This was the daily life of a Jew in Auschwitz; controlled by fear and abused by the Nazi SS. They live in such

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    Auschwitz Over 1 million jews were killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Jews were taken from their homes and put into concentration camps against their will. The most famous of them was Auschwitz. This concentration camp was by far the largest and had the biggest effect on the Jewish Race. Auschwitz was located in the suburbs of an abandoned city. The camp was originally a detention center for political prisoners. But, the camp would soon be the biggest concentration camp in history

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    Holocaust one of the main camps responsible for the killing of innocent people was Auschwitz. Auschwitz is located near the industrial town of Oświęcim, Poland. The complex consisted of three main camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau), and Auschwitz III (Auschwitz-Monowitz). The camps used its prisoners for forced labor and to expand the boundaries of the camp. Auschwitz first inhabitants were German prisoners transferred from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany. The prisoners

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