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    In World, War Ⅱthere were many concentration camps but one of the biggest and most populated was Auschwitz. It was built by the Nazis in Poland. Auschwitz It was first constructed to hold polish politicians. The first exterminations of prisoners began in 1941. Adolf Hitler was the German dictator. He ordered that the Polish leadership be destroyed. In addition to the Polish leaders, he also wanted to destroy the Jews, prostitutes Romans, and the mentally ill. At the beginning of World WarⅡ…

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    Auschwitz is unlike the other concentration camps, while others are only a small part of the system; Auschwitz was the main camp. This concentration camp/ death camp was larger than the rest and have different sections for different actions. Auschwitz had three sections built within it these include Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. In 1942 through 1944 the SS authorities at Auschwitz established thirty-nine smaller camps. The inmates were forced into working in either the coal mines…

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    world for its eternity. A major asset to the Nazis awful massacre of the non-Aryan race was Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz is a 40 square kilometer area sanctioned off as a “development zone” strictly for the use of the camp. Auschwitz consisted of three camps and more than 40 sub-camps, Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II which was often referred to as Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Auschwitz…

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    Commandment Of Auschwitz

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    Auschwitz the scariest and worst place to ever experience. Auschwitz was the most known concentration camp because it was the harshest and most cruel camp with the most mass murderers. Truly the worst to experience the living conditions are horrific and they had fierce leaders and many murders have been committed. Auschwitz the scariest most known concentration of them all. Rudolf Hoess: Rudolf Hoess was the leader of the camp and in the highest command. Him and Hitler were basically best…

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    Holocaust Did you know that in most concentration camps there were on average about 7,000 guards on duty? Because of Groening and many other guards, the world is a different place and has different rules. Groening is now 94 and is currently on trial in Germany for mass killings. He is being charged with being a ¨accessory¨ to several hundred thousand murders while he served as an SS Officer at Auschwitz during World War II. He is known as the ¨Bookkeeper of Auschwitz¨ (Allan 2.) The guards had…

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    Concentration Camps [2] Over the past few years the world has been working toward recovering from World War II and concentration camps were put to rest. [3] Infamously known as the Holocaust, concentration camps were where the Jews and other groups of people were brutally murdered, and were a big part in the Holocaust. [1] Auschwitz was the largest or concentration camp. [1] It is also the most famous camp because of how many people were held and killed in this establishment (United States…

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    When the Nazis began their reign of terror across Europe, over 17 million people were sent to their deaths in concentration camps, but Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was given a fate he found worse than death. In Nyiszli's novel, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account, the horrors of the secret Sonderkommando are uncovered. Nyiszli agrees to become a doctor for Auschwitz in order to save his life, unaware of the atrocities he will witness while working under Dr. Josef Mengele – the "Angel of Death". This…

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    Abram Korn

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    Inside the Holocaust Nightmare The average survival rate for a concentration camp prisoner was 8 weeks. Abram Korn was only 16 years old when he became a victim of the Holocaust. Also, Irene Fogel Weiss was deported to Auschwitz with her family at the age of 8. Finally, Arek Hersh was a man who became a prisoner of several concentration camps. Daily life in concentration camps for Holocaust victims was cruel torture. Abram Korn was only 16 years old when he became a victim of the Holocaust. He…

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    Concentration camps In this paper about the Concentration camps in World War II. I will be talking about what the Concentration camps were and what they did. This will be how harsh and bad they were. I hope you learn a lot about the camps in this paper. So what were the Concentration Camps? Well they were Camps for the Jews. Each camp was about 15 miles big but the major ones like Auschwitz was about 37 miles big. Dubuque is about 31 miles big and Auschwitz is 37 miles big. ("Auschwitz."…

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    Auschwitz Horrors

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    Auschwitz : The Horrors of the Camps During WWII, the Nazi Regime acted upon pure animosity to the Jewish people. From 1940-1945, the most notable death camp, Auschwitz, served as a hell for the Jewish people of Europe. Forced out of their homes without any choice, the Jewish people were sent to Auschwitz. Living in detrimental conditions, the Jewish people clung onto their hopes, awaiting liberation and peace although many did not. Auschwitz continues to symbolize the horrors of intolerance…

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