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Operation Reinhard Code name for plan to kill Jews in Poland
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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
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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
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Building 10 Medical building Experiments on prisoners Mostly sterilization Many murdered just so an autopsy could be conducted
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Fabric made of hair
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Several thousand executed against this wall Political prisoners, people who helped prisoners escape
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Gas Chamber
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The SS had a bar at the camp Prisoner’s barracks
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Decoration above the SS bar
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Rudolf Höss Commandant of Auschwitz Gallows built after the war to hang Rudolf Höss
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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
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Barracks Actually, they are horse stables One of 2 small fireplaces This connected the fireplaces
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3 level bunk beds 5-7 people per level
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The bathroom
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Platform where people would get off the train.
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The selection process One group selected to work The other group immediately sent to gas chamber
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Old man being inspected
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On the way to the gas chamber
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Killing methods at Auschwitz Gas Carbon Monoxide ○ gas vans ○ Gas Chambers Zyklon B Random shootings Random hangings Medical Experiments Passive Methods Starvation Malnutrition
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