The SS tried to destroy the evidence of the gassings, and most of the prisoners still at Auschwitz were sent on a forced march westwards to Gross-Rosen in the depths of winter. Conditions were appalling, and the march is often referred to as a death march. The camp was liberated by the Soviet Army on 27 January 1945. They were greeted by about 7,500 prisoners who had been left behind.
Large sections of Auschwitz I and II have been preserved as a museum. -------------- It is at the end of the railway line at Auschwitz II (Birkenau) between where Krematoria II and Krematoria III stood.
Anne Frank was at Auschwitz for approximately 7-8 weeks. According to records, she arrived at Auschwitz at the beginning of September, and was transported to Bergen-Belsen at the end of October.
It's estimated that 1.6 million people died at Auschwitz.
it was converted into a concentration camp in 1940 and expanded in 1941 until the end of 1944.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
Auschwitz Cross ended in 2004.
Large sections of Auschwitz I and II have been preserved as a museum. -------------- It is at the end of the railway line at Auschwitz II (Birkenau) between where Krematoria II and Krematoria III stood.
Anne Frank was at Auschwitz for approximately 7-8 weeks. According to records, she arrived at Auschwitz at the beginning of September, and was transported to Bergen-Belsen at the end of October.
It's estimated that 1.6 million people died at Auschwitz.
it was converted into a concentration camp in 1940 and expanded in 1941 until the end of 1944.
They were blown up - one by the Sonderkommando, then later the rest by the SS.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
That's probably Auschwitz. It's in southwest Poland. (Was in Germany before end of WW2.)
Edith Frank died of starvation and exhaustion at the end of January, 1945 in Auschwitz.
Auschwitz Birkenau was established at Auschwitz but Auschwitz is now called Oświęcim.
you had the kitchens on one end aned the barracks in the middle. The showers were on the sides.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau