What is the story of the Auschwitz concentration camp?

Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Located in southern Poland, Auschwitz initially served as a detention center for political prisoners. read more

Similarly, Auschwitz camp log books show that as of 27th July 1944 statistics of the prisoners “temporarily quartered in the camp of the Hungarian Jews”, 3,138 of them had received medical treatment at the camp hospital. 1,426 of these Hungarian Jews had undergone surgical operation. read more

Children wearing concentration camp uniforms shortly after the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet army on 27 January 1945. Photograph: SUB/AP The third camp, Auschwitz III, also called Monowitz, was opened in October 1942. read more