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Auschwitz I, Crematorium I and the first gas chamber. This object is preserved in its original state to a large degree. Crematorium I operated from August 1940 in a prewar army barracks storage building adapted for its new function.
- Death Wall
The Death Wall (reconstruction) Located in the yard at the...
- Extermination
These issues are presented with the help of photocopies of...
- Commemoration Signs
The grounds of the crematorium, the existing buildings, and...
- Life of Prisoners
Auschwitz I, Block 6 – The life of the prisoners A...
- Central Camp Baths
The object is mostly in its original state. Nearby are ruins...
- Living Conditions
Auschwitz I, Block 7 – Living and sanitary conditions...
- Death Block
Auschwitz I, Block 11 – The death block This building had...
- Evidence of Crime
Auschwitz I, Block 5 – Physical evidence of crime Items...
- Death Wall
Gaskammern und Krematorien der Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. Im Lagerkomplex des KZ Auschwitz gab es sieben Gebäude, die als Gaskammern dienten. Sie befanden sich im Stammlager KZ Auschwitz (auch KZ Auschwitz I genannt) und im KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau (KZ Auschwitz II). Keine derartigen Einrichtungen besaß der Lagerteil KZ Auschwitz-Monowitz ...
Ende 1943 wurden die etwa 210 Quadratmeter großen Gaskammern geteilt, so dass nun 500 bis 700 selektierte Erwachsene und Kinder eines Transports auf etwa 100 Quadratmetern zusammengedrängt und getötet werden konnten.
SS men escorted the men, women, and children selected for death to the gas chambers—initially to the gas chamber in crematorium I and “bunkers” 1 and 2, and, from the spring of 1943, to the gas chambers in crematoria II, III, IV, and V. Trucks carried those too infirm to walk, and the rest marched. These people had to disrobe before ...
A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or other animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. Poisonous agents used include hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide .
Construction of Auschwitz II began the following month, and from 1942 until late 1944 freight trains delivered Jews from all over German-occupied Europe to its gas chambers. Of the 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz, 1.1 million were murdered.
While the Operation Reinhard camps (Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor and Chelmno) used carbon monoxide as developed in the Euthanasia program. Auschwitz and Majdanek used Zyklon B, a commercially available pesticide, after experiments on Soviet POWs and Polish prisoners had proved its efficiency.
