Auschwitz Do you know where the most deaths of the Jews occurred? Would you do anything to survive? Death occurred everywhere during the holocaust. War and murder raged during this time. One huge effect in the Jews population was Auschwitz, but not all Jews died in Auschwitz. To the Nazis, Auschwitz was made for destruction. Auschwitz was originally built as a detention center for political prisoners. The Nazis had a better plan for Auschwitz. They made it into a prison, extermination, and labor camp for the Jews and other religions who weren’t German. Auschwitz was known to Jews and Germans as the “final solution”. The number is still not known for sure, but approximately 1.3 people were killed in Auschwitz. Not only Jews were killed in Auschwitz Roma, Poles, Soviet, prisoners of war, and other religions were killed. Auschwitz was also known for taking prisoners on the “death march” (Berenbaum). Many people don’t know what happened to the Jews when they were in Auschwitz. Lots of abuse and mistreatment was known to happen in Auschwitz. Auschwitz or the final solution killed lots of people including Jews. Jews died in horrible and painful ways. Even though men were worked and killed, women and children Jews were used in …show more content…
Joseph Mandrowitz, born in 1923, in Czemierniki, Poland. His mother was a seamstress and his father was a boot maker. His family worked very hard, he was trained as a tailor. He and his family were deported and he was taken to a farm to work. After, he was then taken to Auschwitz. He had to take a shower and then given a tattoo and pajamas. Being trained as a tailor might have saved his life. He was forced to make patch clothes for the Germans. Later, in 1944, he and thousands of other Jews were taken on the death march. Out of the thousands of Jews that were taken from his village, he was one of three to survive the holocaust