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Auschwitz Death Camp

Auschwitz: A Bulleted Overview
From your About.com Guide, an overview of the death camp in an easy to read format.

Auschwitz Chronology
Though this has only 16 dates, it gives a good overview of important dates of the camp.

Auschwitz Concentration Camp
A short overview to the camp with links to specific information, including the women's camp, "Canada," and the family camp.

Auschwitz Journal
In 1993, Stuart Nichols took a trip to Auschwitz and Birkenau. He wandered and took many pictures. This is a journal from his experiences there combined with links to the pictures he took.

Auschwitz Museum (Official Site)
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum's official web site includes information about visiting, publications, news, and much more.

Auschwitz Overview
A very good overview of the camp with information about the establishment, killing center, daily routine, resistance, and death marches. This is excerpted from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.

Auschwitz Slide Show
Richard Hitchens has created a slide show of pictures he took while visiting Auschwitz. Along with the pictures are short historical descriptions of what life was like in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Just as a warning, there are no "forward" buttons to get to the next picture, the pages are set to move to the next page/picture every 30 seconds.

Birkenau Photographs
A list of photographs taken by Alan Jacobs within Birkenau of the ramp, the crematoria, and much more.

Body Disposal at Auschwitz
Written by John C. Zimmerman, this article confronts many of the statements made by Holocaust deniers revolving around body disposal at Auschwitz. Covered in this long discussion are the topics: the typhus myth, necessity of the crematoria, cremation capacity, open air burnings, and much more.

Rudolf Höss: Biography
A very good overview of the commandant of Auschwitz, from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust online.

Photographs of Auschwitz
173 historical photographs of Auschwitz, Birkenau, and people related to these camps.

Photographs Taken at Auschwitz in 1979-1981
Seventeen thumbnail images lead to the full-size photographs taken by Alan Jacobs on his trips to Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Photographs Taken at Auschwitz in 1993
A listing of the photographs taken by Stuart Nichols at Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Testimony of Rudolf Höss: Full Text
A very long document. Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, discusses in detail the process of killing in Auschwitz during the Nuremberg Trial in 1945.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Haftlingspersonalbogen (prisoner registration forms) from Auschwitz May 1942 - Oct. 1944
This searchable database contains registration forms 1 through 331 for female prisoners and forms 1 through 4,500 for male prisoners at Auschwitz. The registration forms contain names, places of birth, occupations, spouse's names, residences, and more.

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