The Nazis establishes Auschwitz in April 1940, under the orders of Heinrich Himmler. Heinrich Himmler was in charge of two Nazi organizations. The camp at Auschwitz originally housed political prisoners from occupied Poland and various concentration camps from within Germany. Prisoners were transported from all over Nazi-occupied Europe. When the prisoners arrived at the complex they were separated into three groups. One group was sent directly to the gas chamber at Birkenau within a few hours, …showed first 75 words of 313 total…

…showed last 75 words of 313 total…The Auschwitz concentration camps were inhumane, treating their prisoners as no such man could imagine. The concentration camps were designed to bring pain and suffering to all prisoners that were forced to stay there, with the final destination of death. Auschwitz is a town in southern Poland, about 32 miles west of Krakow. Auschwitz was the largest concentration site and death camp that was run by the Nazi Germany du! ring World War II. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**