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    The ideology of Nazism combined elements of "racial hygiene", eugenics, antisemitism, pan-Germanism, and … See more

    Auschwitz concentration camp - Wikipedia

    • Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in OĹ›wiÄ™cim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination c… See more

    Camps

    A former World War I camp for transient workers and later a Polish army barracks, Auschwitz I was the main camp (Stammlager) and administrative headquarters of the camp complex. Fifty kilometres (… See more

    Life in the camps

    Rudolf Höss, born in Baden-Baden in 1900, was named the first commandant of Auschwitz when Heinrich Himmler ordered on 27 April 1940 that the camp be established. Living with his wife and children in … See more

     
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  4. Auschwitz: Concentration Camp, Facts, Location | HISTORY

  5. Auschwitz | Definition, Concentration Camp, Facts, …

    Oct 16, 2024 · Located near the town of Oswiecim in southern Poland, Auschwitz was actually three camps in one: a prison camp, an extermination camp, and a slave-labor camp. Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people died there; 90 percent …

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  7. Auschwitz | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Mar 16, 2015 · Key Facts. Located in German-occupied Poland, Auschwitz consisted of three camps including a killing center. The camps were opened over the course of nearly two years, 1940-1942. Auschwitz closed in January 1945 …

  8. Auschwitz | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans. It was a complex of camps, including a concentration, extermination, and forced-labor camp. It was located at the town of Oswiecim near the prewar German-Polish …

  9. Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp - Yad …

    Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp. The largest of the death camps where about 1,000,000 Jews were murdered, Auschwitz-Birkenau was both a labor camp and a center for the rapid murder of Jews by means of Zyklon B gas. It …

  10. Auschwitz: Key Dates | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    The SS decides to construct a concentration camp near Oswiecim (Auschwitz). May–June, 1940. The first prisoners arrive at Auschwitz. On May 20, 1940, a transport arrives of about 30 German inmates, categorized as "professional …

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