“There is an odor I cannot idenitify. It is not frm human waste or people who have not bathed in days, although those smells are also prevalent. It is the scent of fear permeating the air around me. It is everywhere, in the eyed of the men and women around me, in our clothing and our sweat.” – Rena Kornreich Gelissen on her arrival at Auschwitz
Auschwitz and Auschwitz Birkenau:
Auschwitz and Auschwitz- Birkenau (sometimes known as Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz 2) are the biggest and most infamous death and externination camps built by the Nazi’s as part of their wicked plan to exterminate the Jewish population during the Second World War. Auschwitz consited of political prisoners such as communists and any others who did not abide by Nazi rules. …show more content…
We are lost. This is Birkenau” – Rena Kornreich Gelissen
The Auschwitz- Birkenau State Museum is now a memorial site which was formally established by the Polish Parliament on the 2nd July 1947. This was followed by the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation, formally established in 2009. The foundation aims to preserve the memories and stories of the camps and to help fund their work, over 100 million euros have been donated in total. Some of the largest donations made to the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation came from Germany, the USA, Poland, France, Austira, the UK, Switzerland, Israel, Italy and finally Russia.
Majdanek:
Majdanek Concentration Camp was another huge death camp built by the Nazis in the Second World War, again in order to exterminate innocent Jews. There is also a memorial for this camp and the State Museum at Majdanek was founded in November 1944. The museum aims also to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust through organising exhibitions and also running educational and academic activities. The museum defines its mission as keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust and also promoting historical education of the German occupation during the Third Reich in the Second World War. The museum at Majdanek focuses massively on commemorating the victims, preserving relics and documenting the history of the camp and other death camps such as Belzec and
Auschwitz and Auschwitz Birkenau:
Auschwitz and Auschwitz- Birkenau (sometimes known as Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz 2) are the biggest and most infamous death and externination camps built by the Nazi’s as part of their wicked plan to exterminate the Jewish population during the Second World War. Auschwitz consited of political prisoners such as communists and any others who did not abide by Nazi rules. …show more content…
We are lost. This is Birkenau” – Rena Kornreich Gelissen
The Auschwitz- Birkenau State Museum is now a memorial site which was formally established by the Polish Parliament on the 2nd July 1947. This was followed by the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation, formally established in 2009. The foundation aims to preserve the memories and stories of the camps and to help fund their work, over 100 million euros have been donated in total. Some of the largest donations made to the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation came from Germany, the USA, Poland, France, Austira, the UK, Switzerland, Israel, Italy and finally Russia.
Majdanek:
Majdanek Concentration Camp was another huge death camp built by the Nazis in the Second World War, again in order to exterminate innocent Jews. There is also a memorial for this camp and the State Museum at Majdanek was founded in November 1944. The museum aims also to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust through organising exhibitions and also running educational and academic activities. The museum defines its mission as keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust and also promoting historical education of the German occupation during the Third Reich in the Second World War. The museum at Majdanek focuses massively on commemorating the victims, preserving relics and documenting the history of the camp and other death camps such as Belzec and