Auschwitz

Question 1

Synonymous today with Shoa - why??

Answer 1

Remnants and survivors exist share stories
Encompasses variety of phenomena
Cruelty
Medical experiments
Orchestras
Extreme punishment
Murder
Some main peroertrators like Mengele
Documents survived
Still discussed today
Greatest number of jews murdered 1.1 million
Famous writers wrote about it
Pimo Levi

Auscwitz was all of the following
Wild camp
Ccamp
Transit 
Slave labour
Pow camp post Barbarossa
Extermination camp!!

Initial use
Pow camp

Auscwitz 1 - May 1940 - polish and soviet Prisoners if war