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Annotated Bibliography: Auschwitz

Auschwitz History.com A+E Networks, 2009 history.com/topics/world-war-ii/Auschwitz

Accessed on 13 March 2017

This article from History.com discusses how life was for Jews at Auschwitz. According to

History.com Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp. When Jews first got to

Auschwitz they were separated by age, height, and sex . When Hitler and the Nazis were

planning for these camps, Auschwitz was to be used as a detention center for Polish

citizens. History.com says that everyday there was a daily execution. The Jews that were

healthy got to go to the work camps. This source is useful because the website provides

the construction of the camp and the use for the camp. The website also had real life

pictures from Auschwitz.

Auschwitz-Birkenau www.auschwitz.org www.auschwitz.org/en/history/Auschwitz-i Accessed

on 13 March 2017

This article from www.auschwitz.org discusses how the Jews were spilt up into many

different groups. In August 1944, there 16,000 Jews that came through the gates of

Auschwitz. Auschwitz covered about 40 square miles. Auschwitz consisted of 22 prewar

brick barracks buildings. This source is reliable because it has real life experiences from

people who survived Auschwitz. Also on the website it said that Auschwitz killed 6,000

Jews a day. The gas chambers closed in October 1944 and the gas chamber killed

thousands of Jews. The website finally said that Auschwitz had 40 branch camps.

Auschwitz Holocaust Survivors isurvived.org/Auschwitz_thecamp.html Accessed on 14 March

2017
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This website discusses how many people died in total at Auschwitz and it also discusses

the horrible gas chambers. Each gas chamber looked like a plain old shower but instead

of water it had Zyklon B gas pellets. Above each gas chamber was the star of David.

Holocaust Survivors also said that to fool the incoming Jews that the train ramp was

made to look like a regular railway station. About 200,000 inmates survived during 1940-

1945. An estimated 11% of children who were alive in 1933 survived the Holocaust.

Finally, it said that 1.3-1.5 million people were murdered in Auschwitz 90% were Jews.

This website is credible because the web address is an .org address. Also, it had pictures

of the gas chambers inside and outside.

Wiesel, Elie. Night 1st E.D., Hill, and Wang, 2006, New York, NY.

Night by Elie Wiesel explained the whole labor process at Auschwitz. The book also said

that it was a slim chance for woman and children to survive Auschwitz. Each section of

the camp had a different labor camp, everyone at Auschwitz had very poor care, no one

cared about anyone. Many families got spilt up and never saw each other again. Once you

went to Auschwitz life was never the same again. The people who went to Auschwitz got

treated like slaves and if they messed up they went straight to the gas chambers.

Auschwitz was a form of dehumanization; many Jews were worked to death. This source

is reliable because the author Elie Wiesel experienced Auschwitz. This source is reliable

because the book included people like Dr. Joseph Mangle and Hitler. Finally, the book is

also reliable because Elie Wiesels family experienced Auschwitz with him and Wiesel

includes his familys experience as well.

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