Operation Reinhard  Code name for plan to kill Jews in Poland

The first Auschwitz  Auschwitz is the German word for a town in Poland called Oswiecim.  The first concentration camp in Auschwitz was actually former Polish army barracks.  This camp was called Auschwitz I

Auschwitz I  Used mainly for Polish political prisoners  Locals were kicked out of their homes and relocated  Many SS guards and their families were given their homes

Building 10  Medical building  Experiments on prisoners Mostly sterilization  Many murdered just so an autopsy could be conducted

Fabric made of hair

 Several thousand executed against this wall  Political prisoners, people who helped prisoners escape

Gas Chamber

The SS had a bar at the camp Prisoner’s barracks

Decoration above the SS bar

Rudolf Höss Commandant of Auschwitz Gallows built after the war to hang Rudolf Höss

Auschwitz II-Birkenau  Eventually, the Germans realized that they needed a larger camp to accommodate their mass killings  A few miles from Auschwitz I, they built another camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Barracks Actually, they are horse stables One of 2 small fireplaces This connected the fireplaces

3 level bunk beds 5-7 people per level

The bathroom

Platform where people would get off the train.

The selection process  One group selected to work  The other group immediately sent to gas chamber

Old man being inspected

On the way to the gas chamber

Killing methods at Auschwitz  Gas Carbon Monoxide ○ gas vans ○ Gas Chambers Zyklon B  Random shootings  Random hangings  Medical Experiments  Passive Methods Starvation Malnutrition