Why did some people survive Auschwitz?

Obviously people selected on arrival for immediate killing could not survive. However, some of the following categories of prisoners survived: A small number of prisoners who were there during the 'Polish Period' (1940– early 1942) were released. read more

However, some of the following categories of prisoners survived: A small number of prisoners who were there during the ‘Polish Period’ (1940– early 1942) were released. (Auschwitz was originally intended for members of the Polish resistance and didn’t became a killing centre for Jews and Roma till March 1942). read more

Those who escaped the Holocaust did so through cunning, daring, and the sheer unwillingness to give in to the evil around them. 10 Kazimierz Piechowski Around 1.1 million people were killed in the Auschwitz concentration camps between 1940 and 1945. read more

In Germany: mostly by emigration. Outside of Germany: kind of luck of either being unnoticed or being noticed and sent to a concentration camp and not a death camp (and, in case of Auschwitz, being selected suitable for work). read more