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Auschwitz is the name of the greatly feared German prison camp that was located in the city of Oswiecim in Poland. This site is now known for the mass murder of about '''6 million''' European Jews. Thousands other than the European Jews were killed there. It was the home to the brutal German doctor [[Dr. Josef Mengele]]. When the camp first began many Poles were sent there to either work to death, be an experiment for [[Dr. Josef Mengele]], or just rot away. Later in the war the [[Nazi]]'s started sending Russians and other people that just apposed them in the slightest way. Towards the end of the war the [[Nazi]]'s had to cover up for all the murders commited there, so they evacuated all the men who could walk and forced them into the last defences of Germany. But it was not all hidden. General [[George Patton]] and his [[3rd Army]] liberated those who were left over and those who already were dead. The brutality of the [[Nazi]]'s was now unleashed into the news and magazines and was hated even more. Such measures of mass killing was never reached before and hopefully never again.
[[Image:Concetration_camp.jpg|right|thumb|"Work Means Freedom"]]
'''Auschwitz''' is the name of the greatly feared [[German]] concentration camp that was located in the city of Oswiecim in [[Poland]]. This site is now known for the mass murder of over one million European [[Jews]] and [[Poland|Poles]].
[[Image:Concetration_camp.jpg]]
The main camp had three smaller sub camps:
*Auschwitz I- which was the original concentration camp and the site of the deaths of around 70,000 people, mostly Poles and Soviet prisoners of war.
*Auschwitz II (Birkenau)- an extermination camp in which over 1.1 million [[Jews]], [[Poland|Poles]] and [[Gypsies]] were murdered
*Auschwitz III (Monowitz)- work camp.
The camp was run by the [[SS]]. It was the home to the brutal [[Germany|German]] doctor [[Dr. Josef Mengele]]. When the camp first began many Poles were sent there to either work to death, be an experiment for [[Dr. Josef Mengele]], or just rot away. Later in the war the [[Nazi]]'s started sending Russians and other people that just apposed them in the slightest way.
The camp is infamous for its gas chambers and crematorium, where the [[Nazi|Nazi's]] used Zyklon B to exterminate and burn over 75,000 people. The gas chamber and the crematorium, which were formerly a Polish army bunker, are still standing today.
Towards the end of the war the [[Nazi]]'s had to cover up for all the murders commited there, so they evacuated all the men who could walk and forced them into the last defences of [[Germany]]. But it was not all hidden. 7,500 prisoners were liberated by the 322nd Infantry unit of the [[Red Army]] on January 27 1945. The brutality of the [[Nazi]]'s was now unleashed into the news and magazines and was hated even more. Such measures of mass killing was never reached before and hopefully never again.