Prisoner's Sleeping Room
The interior of a room for prisoners until Spring 1941. Prisoners slept crowded together on straw matresses. In te morning they had to gather up the matresses and arrange them in the corner of the room.
Auschwitz was originally a Polish Army camp, so when the German's came in all they had to do was remodel a bit, so to say. Early on, Auschwitz housed political prisoners--Poles who were guilty of being educated, involved in politics, or teachers.
Auschwitz had 28, two story blocks. It was very quickly filled to capacity and so Birkenau (only two miles away) was opened; it is 20 times bigger than Auschwitz.
Oświęcim, Auschwitz, Poland
Prisoner's Sleeping Room
The interior of a room for prisoners until Spring 1941. Prisoners slept crowded together on straw matresses. In te morning they had to gather up the matresses and arrange them in the corner of the room.
Auschwitz was originally a Polish Army camp, so when the German's came in all they had to do was remodel a bit, so to say. Early on, Auschwitz housed political prisoners--Poles who were guilty of being educated, involved in politics, or teachers.
Auschwitz had 28, two story blocks. It was very quickly filled to capacity and so Birkenau (only two miles away) was opened; it is 20 times bigger than Auschwitz.
Oświęcim, Auschwitz, Poland