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Auschwitz

Auschwitz was one of many death camps set up by Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust to eliminate people (mostly Jews) he considered not qualified to be a part of the superior Aryan race he was determined to establish.

Fast Facts

Location: Southern Poland
Comprised of Auschwitz I, II, III, and 46 subcamps
First prisoners arrived on May 20, 1940
Millions of people died during the Holocaust, around 1.5 million of those at Auschwitz (the exact number is unknown)
90% of the victims were Jews
Some other "undesirables" included homosexuals and Gypsies, as well as those who were mentally or physically handicapped
Most executions were implemented in gas chambers
Victims were also starved, shot, tortured, beaten, and/or suffocated
"Medical experiments" were performed on several prisoners
Allies initially dismissed the claims of mass murders at Auschwitz as "exaggerations"
Anne Frank died at Auschwitz

Liberation

Though most prisoners were evacuated by the Nazis in January, 1945, over 7,000 were liberated by the Soviet military ten days later.

Auschwitz Today

Today, the Auschwitz site is a Museums|museum open to the public. It serves as a tribute and memorial to those who were killed there during World War II, and a reminder of the atrocities that occured.

Categories

History | European History | World War II

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The Mahalo Top 7

Official Site: Auschwitz Memorial and Museum
Wikipedia: Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Gate to Hell Auschwitz: Auschwitz: Nazi Death Camp
Video: The Holocaust Never Again (Time: 5:03)
Death Camps: Auschwitz
Video: The Auschwitz Experience: Museum of Holocausts (Time 9:57)
I Survived: "Forget You Not": Project Auschwitz

Auschwitz Background

WikiAnswers: Why the Holocaust Happened
ThinkQuest: Visions of Perfection
Florida Center for Instructional Technology: Holocaust Timeline
US Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Final Solution
Jewish Virtual Library: The Final Solution To The Jewish Question
Wikipedia: Why Allies Failed to Bomb Auschwitz

Auschwitz News and Articles

CBC.ca: Auschwitz survivor fights for paintings she made in camp (June 10, 2008)

Auschwitz Central Figures

Adolph Hitler

YouTube: Adolf Hitler Speech English Subtitles (Time:1:06)
Auschwitz.dk: Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust
Auschwitz.dk: Hitler's Women: Female Nazi War Criminals
Wikipedia: Adolf Hitler
The History Place: The Rise Of Adolf Hitler
Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History: Hitler and the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler: Adolf Hitler and His Victims

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess (Hoss)

Auschwitz.dk: Death Dealer of Auschwitz
Wikipedia: Rudolf Hoess
Jewish Virtual Library: Rudolf Hoss
BBC: Rudolf Hoss-The Commandant of Auschwitz
Death Camps: The Last Letter of Rudolf Hoss

Heinrich Himmler

Holocaust History: Who Was Himmler
YouTube: Life and Death of Heinrich Himmler (Time 8:27)
Auschwitz.dk: Man of Evil
Wikipedia: Heinrich Himmler

Other Figures

Josef Mengele: Shoah.dk | Auschwitz.dk | Crime Library
Adolf Eichmann: BBC | Nizkor | Jewish Virtual Library

Auschwitz Images and Media

Google Image Search: Auschwitz
Yahoo! Image Search: Auschwitz
Flickr: Auschwitz Photos
YAdvashem: The Auschwitz Album
The New York Sun: Ukraine: Mass Grave of Jews (2007)
Remember: Auschwitz/Birkenau Photos
Holocaust Survivors: Audio Gallery: The Children (Time: 1:21)
Holocaust Survivors: The Children (Time 1:21)
YouTube: Video: Holocaust Survivor (Time:9:45)
YouTube: Holocaust Children (Time 7:55)

Auschwitz Books and Research

United Human Rights Council: History of the Holocaust
Spectacle: An Auschwitz Alphabet
Cyber Essays: Auschwitz - Nazi Concentration Camp
Half.com: Smoke Over Birkenau
Jewish Virtual Library: Could The Allies Have Bombed Auschwitz-Berkenau
SparkNotes: Night by Elie Wiesel

Auschwitz Blogs and Message Boards

RealTravel: Auschwitz Travel Blogs
Busabout Chatabout Message Boards: Auschwitz/Krakow
SparkNotes: History Message Boards/Mengele at Auschwitz
IMDb Boards: "Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'"

Auschwitz Event Timeline

January 30, 1933: Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
1933 March 22: Hitler's Nazis open Dachau, the first concentration camp
1940 June 14: The_camp The first prisoners arrive at Auschwitz
1941 September 3: Zyklon B used for the first time at Auschwitz
1943 April 26: Witold Pilecki escapes Auschwitz. His report dismissed as exaggerations
1943 May: Mengele arrives at Auschwitz to do medical experimentation
1944 April 7: Vrba and Wetzler escape Auschwitz. Write report describing atrocites
1944 June: Why Wasn't Auschwitz bombed:
1944 August 2-30: Sixty five thousand more Jews,and others gassed at Auschwitz
1945 January 27: Russians liberate Auschwitz

After Auschwitz

The History Place: April 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide
Wikipedia: April, 1947 Rudolf Hoess hanged
Wikipedia: Late 1945, Heinrich Himmler commits suicide
Wikipedia: 1959 Josef Mengele, accidentally drowns in Brazil
Jewish History Library: December 2,1961 Adolf Eichmann executed Jerusalem
US Holocaust Museum Memorial 1945-1951: Life Reborn
Yahoo!7 News Boards: Holocaust trauma affects descentants
CNN: Auschwitz 60 Years Since Liberation
Concentration Camps Guidebook: Traveler's Guide to WWII Memorials
BBC: Is Forgiveness Possible
Nova: Should Death Camps Experiments be Used?

Related Pages on Mahalo

Mein Kampf | Nuremberg | Nazism | World War II | Holocaust | Anne Frank | Germany | Poland | Adolph Hitler | Schindler's List | Racism | eLie Wiesel

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