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Sonderkommando Revolt – Auschwitz – Birkenau
7 October 1944
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The Sonderkommando or ("Special Command Units') were Jewish prisoners who were forced to work in the death camps at the grisly task of burning of the corpses of those already murdered by the Nazi's.
For periods lasting from two to four month's these units worked under hellish conditions until they themselves were liquidated by the Germans, and the first task of their... Read Full Story
Oswald Kaduk Auschwitz SS
Oswald Kaduk was born on the 26 August 1906 in Konigshutte, Upper Silesia, the son of a blacksmith. He had five brothers all of whom were killed in the Second World War.
Oswald Kaduk attended public school in Konigshutte and subsequently became a butcher. For a year and a half he worked in the municipal slaughterhouse of his home town.
In 1927 after a brief period of unemployment he became a member of the municipal fire department of Konigshutte... Read Full Story
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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
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Images of the Holocaust in Romania
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp The Basics Unloading of rail t ransports at Auschwitz .............................................. The Ramp at Birkenau Reception and Registration Generally the reception and registration of transports went as follows: The unloading of rail transports of prisoners took place on a ramp beside the camp in the vicinity of the prison huts of Auschwitz I. In 1942 a second unloading ramp(Judenrampe) came into use for transports of Jews brought to Auschwitz for... Read Full Story
Auschwitz Concentration Camp The Basics Unloading of rail t ransports at Auschwitz .............................................. The Ramp at Birkenau Reception and Registration Generally the reception and registration of transports went as follows: The unloading of rail transports of prisoners took place on a ramp beside the camp in the vicinity of the prison huts of Auschwitz I. In 1942 a second unloading ramp(Judenrampe) came into use for transports of Jews brought to Auschwitz for... Read Full Story
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps. Its remains are located in Poland approximately 50 kilometres west of Kraków and 286 kilometers south from Warsaw. The camp took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German). Birkenau, the German translation of Brzezinka, refers to the many birch trees surrounding the complex. The camp commandant, Rudolf Höß, testified at the Nuremberg Trials that up to 3 million people had died at Auschwitz. The... Read Full Story
When I mentioned the Dachau Concentration Camp in southern Germany as a place to visit a few weeks back, some readers were surprised at the idea of visiting such a place while on holiday. And I can understand that it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the chance to understand important parts of history better is one reason I really love travelling, especially in Europe where there are so many historical sights.
That’s why I thought I’d mention the even more distressing possibility of... Read Full Story
