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In this part, we will take a closer look at the process of carrying out Himmler’s orders, which we mentioned in the previous article. The reader will have an opportunity to see with what zeal the criminal plans of the SS high command were carried out. The transit camp in Pruszków The transit camp in...Read More

Auschwitz became an instrument of terror for the population of the areas occupied by the Third Reich. For understandable geographical reasons, it aroused a particular terror in Polish territory. The vision of being sent to Auschwitz terrified and paralyzed millions of Poles. The Germans punished various acts of disobedience by sending them to the death...Read More

Instead of an introduction The previous text dealt with the last weeks of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its liberation. This part will talk about the fate of the prisoners after the arrival of the Red Army soldiers and the process of uncovering the Nazi crimes that were committed in Auschwitz. First came the journalists...Read More

Many words have been devoted to describing the hell that was created in Auschwitz. These words are meant as a warning for future generations, a hint about the blind alleys of our civilization. We must learn the anatomy of evil to avoid its symptoms in the future. We must also know how such evil ends,...Read More

A well-known Polish film and theatre actor. He wanted to be a priest, but the war thwarted his plans. He ended up in Auschwitz, from which he managed to escape. After he retired, he created a one-man show with a meaningful title 6804, which told about the camp’s hell. Who was August Kowalczyk? Kowalczyk came...Read More

In the previous text, we described the situation of the clergy in the Auschwitz concentration camp. We want to dedicate this to the question of how the clergy imprisoned in the camp took care of their fellow prisoners and fellow Christians. Religious Practices in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp The masses It is worth noting at...Read More

The Auschwitz concentration camp as the place of the final extermination of more than a million people seems to be a place without hope. But there were some who, even in absolute darkness, were determined to give support to the inmates. This text is the first of two parts dealing with Christian spirituality in the...Read More

While we associate the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with hard work and rather passivity towards the Nazis, he fought to survive. And he fought it, in a battle to the death, with his fists he survived hell. Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, pseudonym „Teddy”, was born on April 8, 1917, in Warsaw. Later, he joined the scouting movement and...Read More

A visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is a very important element of historical education not only among children and adolescents but also among adults. This place is a testimony to the suffering and death of thousands of people, and therefore the visit should take place in an atmosphere appropriate to the place. If you...Read More

To this day, we associate the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with the tragic fate of people and genocide. The prisoners who had managed to avoid death there had the same, and sometimes even more extreme feelings towards the camp. This translated into a reluctance to return to this place amongst many of them. Yet one of...Read More

In the camp, they wore a pink triangle or were marked with the letter „A” from the German word „Arschficker”. For the Nazis, they meant as much as the Jews, that is, nothing. They were imprisoned or killed right away. Some were sent to camps. Some of them managed to survive the war. What was...Read More

When we talk about World War II, one of the first associations we have with this topic are concentration camps and the mass extermination of civilians, especially in the KL Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. But what made it this one and not just any other? Although the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp dates back to...Read More

The Roma and Sinti constituted a large group among the prisoners of the KL Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. According to the documentation that remained after the Third Reich, they were considered enemies of the nation and ruthlessly liquidated. As a result of diseases, hunger, or cruel treatment, most of the prisoners of Roma origin died. After the...Read More

At the time of the arrest or round-up, no one asked anyone who he was by education. So many famous people, including writers and poets, found themselves in the concentration camp in Auschwitz. This is what we are going to talk to you about. One of the most famous Polish writers, who not only ended...Read More

One of the least explored areas in all concentration camps of the Third Slaughter, including the KL Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, is the question of sexuality among prisoners. This is because the women who worked in brothels for many years, and often even for the rest of their lives, did not talk about the tasks they performed...Read More

From a certain point on, music began to play a very important role in the KL Auschwitz- Birkenau camp. But where did the idea to create orchestras and several musical groups operating not only in the main camp but also in the subcamps and the women’s camp come from? The prisoners wanted to make their...Read More

The image of the camp tragedy had its mark on culture as well. Memories recorded on written pages, in diaries and reports, photos or videos help to visualize at least a part of the hell of Auschwitz-Birkenau. These memories, more or less accurate, are a lesson for the future, but also a testimony to the...Read More

The March of the Living is an educational initiative where people from all over the world learn about the tragedy of the Holocaust during World War II. One of the largest marches is organized on the grounds of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. History When the Nazis were losing the war, prisoners were relocated from...Read More

The commandants oversaw the Auschwitz concentration camp throughout its existence. They were the ones who decided what was going on in the camp, of course by order of the authorities of the Third Reich. Who were the commandants of KL Auschwitz and what happened to them after the liberation of the camp and the end...Read More

The project to build the Auschwitz concentration camp was launched at the end of 1939. In the following years, decisions were made successively to expand the complex and create new sub-camps. They were created in the present territories of two voivodships: Śląskie and Małopolskie, and several in the Czech Republic. There were over forty sub-camps...Read More