Section III: Concentration Camps and Auschwitz
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14. Where was (and still is) Auschwitz located?
15. What was Auschwitz?
16. How many people were killed there?
17. What were some of the things that first happened to people arrived at the camps?
18. What was everyday life like there in terms of clothing, food, and the bathrooms?
Visit the following website: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gassing Operations
19. What were gas chambers?
20. Why did the Nazis begin using gas chambers instead of mobile killing units and shooting squads after a while?
21. What did the Nazi SS guards pretend the gas chambers were?
22. At the height of its operation, how many people were gassed daily at Auschwitz?
14. Where was (and still is) Auschwitz located?
15. What was Auschwitz?
16. How many people were killed there?
17. What were some of the things that first happened to people arrived at the camps?
18. What was everyday life like there in terms of clothing, food, and the bathrooms?
Visit the following website: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gassing Operations
19. What were gas chambers?
20. Why did the Nazis begin using gas chambers instead of mobile killing units and shooting squads after a while?
21. What did the Nazi SS guards pretend the gas chambers were?
22. At the height of its operation, how many people were gassed daily at Auschwitz?