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Slide 2 Operation Reinhard Code name for plan to kill Jews in Poland Slide 3 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 Slide 4 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 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Building 10 Medical building Experiments on prisoners Mostly sterilization Many murdered just so an autopsy could be conducted Slide 10 Fabric made of hair Slide 11 Slide 12 Several thousand executed against this wall Political prisoners, people who helped prisoners escape Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Gas Chamber Slide 16 Slide 17 The SS had a bar at the camp Prisoners barracks Slide 18 Decoration above the SS bar Slide 19 Rudolf Hss Commandant of Auschwitz Gallows built after the war to hang Rudolf Hss Slide 20 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 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 Barracks Actually, they are horse stables One of 2 small fireplaces This connected the fireplaces Slide 25 3 level bunk beds 5-7 people per level Slide 26 The bathroom Slide 27 Platform where people would get off the train. Slide 28 The selection process One group selected to work The other group immediately sent to gas chamber Slide 29 Old man being inspected Slide 30 On the way to the gas chamber Slide 31 Slide 32 Slide 33 Killing methods at Auschwitz Gas Carbon Monoxide gas vans Gas Chambers Zyklon B Random shootings Random hangings Medical Experiments Passive Methods Starvation Malnutrition