concentration camp. It was established by order of Himmler on April 27, 1940.

At first, it was small because it was a work camp for Polish and Soviet

prisoners of war. It became a death camp in 1941. Auschwitz was divided into

three areas: Auschwitz was the camp commander's headquarters and administrative

offices. Auschwitz was called Birkenau and it was the death camp with forty

gas chambers. Auschwitz was a slave labor camp (Funk and Wagnalls New

encyclopedia). On the gate of Auschwitz was a sign in German which read,

'Arbeit macht frei', which means work makes you free. Auschwitz included camp

sites a few miles away from the main complex. At these sites, slave labor was

used to kill the people. The working conditions were so poor that death was a

sure result (Gilbert "The Holocaust") . In March 26, 1942, Auschwitz took

women prisoners, but after August 16, 1942 the women were housed in Birkenau.

When the Jews arrived at Auschwitz, they were met with threats and

promises. If they didn't do exactly as they were told, they would be beaten,

deprived of food, or shot. From time to time, they would

The few people who managed to stay alive for longer were the ones who were

While people were waiting for them 'baths', a group of women prisoners,

the many lies told. It was impossible for the Jews to make out which building

horrors they suffered. Information spread to many countries, yet no countries

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