Auschwitz is the main camp that caused the Holocaust and Birkenau was one of the side camps that was a part of the Holocaust. In both camps, prisoners were treated very poorly and had to work for their survival. They had to work for their survival. Whatever choices they made was for their survival. They tried their best to survive as long as they can. In Auschwitz, prisoners lived in old barracks. Meanwhile, in Birkenau, prisoners lived in two different kinds of barracks. They lived in either brick or wooden barracks. Even though they lived in different barracks in both camps, both camps suffered from worse living conditions. Prisoners in Auschwitz or Birkenau suffered from diarrhea because of dampness, leaky roofs, and the fouling of straw
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The mass destruction of the European Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau became known as the “Final Solution.” Any Jew living in Europe were marked by Nazis for total extermination no matter their age, sex, occupation, citizenship, or political views. They were killed for only one reason and that’s because they were Jews. “Selections” were conducted on railroad platforms or ramps when a train full of Jewish prisoners arrived. People who seemed fit enough for slave labor were immediately registered with a serial number tattooed on them. After they were registered, they were undressed, had their body hair shaven off, and showered while their clothes were being disinfected by Zyklon-B gas. Soon after, they entered the gateway marked ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (“Labor will set you free”). After a corruption scandal happened, the camp administration was reorganized in Autumn 1943. Situations in subcamps were often worse than situations in the main camps. In August 1944, the camp population reached 105,168. Throughout history, the prison population of Auschwitz changed the composition significantly. The prisoner population of Auschwitz, Birkenau, Monowitz and other subcamps altogether was over
The mass destruction of the European Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau became known as the “Final Solution.” Any Jew living in Europe were marked by Nazis for total extermination no matter their age, sex, occupation, citizenship, or political views. They were killed for only one reason and that’s because they were Jews. “Selections” were conducted on railroad platforms or ramps when a train full of Jewish prisoners arrived. People who seemed fit enough for slave labor were immediately registered with a serial number tattooed on them. After they were registered, they were undressed, had their body hair shaven off, and showered while their clothes were being disinfected by Zyklon-B gas. Soon after, they entered the gateway marked ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (“Labor will set you free”). After a corruption scandal happened, the camp administration was reorganized in Autumn 1943. Situations in subcamps were often worse than situations in the main camps. In August 1944, the camp population reached 105,168. Throughout history, the prison population of Auschwitz changed the composition significantly. The prisoner population of Auschwitz, Birkenau, Monowitz and other subcamps altogether was over