Auschwitz

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Auschwitz Concentration Camp

“Children and their mothers crying out to each

other as they are being forced apart.” That is what

Auschwitz is all about. It was estimated that the

deaths of the Jews, and Gypsies ranged from 1.5

million to 9 million people (Aushwitz, pg.19). But

nothing can compare to what these people went

through.The bad hygiene problems, the human

experiments that were performed, and the deadly gas

chambers.

The people at Auschwitz had to deal with many

hygiene problems. They were only given small portions

of bread and thin soup. The only clothing these people

has were long stripes overcoats and comic berets for

their heads. In this they endured the cold winters,

of mall nutrition and hard labor. The rooms were they

slept had bunkbeds with three bunks. Most of the time

more two to three people had to sleep in the same bunk

without sheets or mattresses. They were never clean

and were susceptible to many diseases. Some diseases

came from the rotting bodies, that were not able to be

burned immediately. But they would never loose hope,

but what came next was more than they could bare.

The human experiments conducted on the

prisoners were cruel and sick. One of the most famous

doctors, Josef Mengele, was fascinated with twin

experiments. He would draw blood from one twin

to another. He would also inject chemicals into

children’s eyes, to see if they would change color.

The doctors would conduct surgeries without

anesthetics, and inject victims with diseases. One of

the experiments Dr. Mengele conducted included to

inject chloroform to kill the children and dissect

them, ripping each and every piece of the twins bodies

apart (Auschwitz.dk). As one twin recalls:

“ Dr. Mengele had always been more interested

in Tibi. I am not sure why-perhapsbecause

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