How did Auschwitz ever come to exist

Question 1

For what reason did the Nazis turn the existing army barracks at Auschwitz into a concentration camp?

Answer 1

To implement the ‘Final Solution’

Question 2

What type of prisoners did the camp originally hold?

Answer 2

Polish POW

Question 3

What was the purpose of Block 11?

Answer 3

Torture, execution and using Zyklon B

Question 4

What happened at Block 11 in September 1941?

Answer 4

First test of Zyklon B

Question 5

What was the name of the huge new camp that was constructed near the original camp in October 1941?

Answer 5

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Question 6

What happened in January 1942 that is seen as being a key turning point in the Holocaust?

Answer 6

Wannsee Conference

Question 7

Why did the Nazis construct new crematoria in Auschwitz II?

Answer 7

To accompany for the amount of people they were killing

Question 8

Why do you think the Nazis went to such lengths to pretend that the gas chambers were actually showers?

Answer 8

So the Jews would go into the gas chamber without resistance.

Question 9

When did the gassings stop at Auschwitz?

Answer 9

November 25, 1944

Question 10

Approximately how many people were murdered at Auschwitz?

Answer 10

1.1 million