The Holocaust: The History Of The Holocaust

The Holocaust, one of the most devastating moments in history. Hitler’s mass genocide of Jews and other ethnicities had left a scar in the world that would never truly heal. During a time of death and destruction, one camp held the title for most fatalities. The Auschwitz concentration camp, one of the most infamous places during the Holocaust with its bloody history forever etched into the mind of its survivors and future generations to come. In 1939 during the month of September, the little town of Oswiecim and its surrounding villages transformed into the infamous concentration camp known as Auschwitz (“Auschwitz; Camp of Death,” n.d.). The camp had 3 sections, with the main section referred to as Auschwitz One. Originally, only German

The damp and moist bunkers coupled with vermin scurrying about led to all sorts of diseases running rampant., Some common diseases included Noma and Typhus (“Josef Mengele: The Cruelest Doctor in the Holocaust,” n.d.). The prisoners at Auschwitz worked for a total of 11-12 hours a day (“Auschwitz: The Camp of Death,” n.d.). Long, tedious role calls took up the rest of the time. The authorities fed the prisoners, 3 meals every day at camp. Prisoners with more demanding tasks received 1,700 calories while prisoners with less demanding work received. 1,300 calories (“Auschwitz Birkenau: Living Conditions, Labor, and Executions,” n.d.). This led to many people starving to death in addition to executions, a very common thing at Auschwitz. These would happen every day. Prisoners got executed by getting hung, shot, or gassed (“Auschwitz Birkenau: Living Conditions, Labor, and Executions,” n.d). For gassing the prisoners, Nazi enforcers would send Jews into large gas chambers. Then, from the outside, soldiers would throw Zyklon B into the chambers (Bohr, Meyer, and Wiegrefe, 2014). This would spread in the gas chamber suffocating the people to death. However, some people had to deal with even worse

While other doctors would often get themselves drunk in order to forget what they have done, Josef Mengele would walk into work with a smile (“Josef Mengele, The Cruelest Doctor in the Holocaust,” n.d.). Often known as “The Angel of Death” (“Nazi Experiments,” n.d.), Josef Mengele would often work with kids, and before he performed experiments on them, he would try to gain their trust. He would give them toys and play with them. Many kids there ended up calling him “Uncle Mengele” (“Josef Mengele,” n.d.). However, this relationship would not last for long. Soon he would start to perform his experiments. Josef Mengele had a fascination with twins. He thought experimenting with them would help cure several diseases. This led to him performing many controversial experiments. These included stitching twins together, dissecting them, and giving them blood transfusions. In addition to this, he would often inject chemicals into his victim's eyes in an attempt to change their eye color (“Josef Mengele: The Cruelest Doctor in the Holocaust,” n.d.). Because of his actions, Josef Mengele became the most infamous and feared person in