Auschwitz Research
By: Alex Healy
Auschwitz I- Facts and Statistics
Statistics
426,000 prisoners were from Hungary
300,000 prisoners were from Poland
70,000 prisoners were from France
60,000 prisoners were from the Netherlands
Around 960,000-1,000,000 Jews were executed by any means
74,000 Poles were executed
21,000 Gypsies were executed
15,000 prisoners of war were executed
Daily Life of the Prisoners
Important Figures
Heinrich Himmler- An SS leader that caused for the expansion of prisoners from 10,000 to 30,000 in Auschwitz I
Alfred Flatow- An Olympic gold medalist on the German team sent to Auschwitz. He died in the camp at 73
Saint Edith Stein- A jew that converted to Christianity, but she was sent to Auschwitz with her sister and gassed to death
Hana Brady- A 13 year old girl who was killed in an Auschwitz I gas chamber
Auschwitz II- Facts and Statistics
Statistics
Over 90% of people killed here were Jews
70,000 were Poled
20,000 were Gypsies
1.1 million people died in total
1 million were Jews
There were about 7,000 total guards/SS
About 65,000 registered prisoners survived
Daily Life of the Prisoners
Important Figures
Arthur Liebehenschel- Commandant of Auschwitz II from Nov 1943-May 1944
Richard Baer- Commandment of Auschwitz II from May 1944- Jan 1945
Lili Henoch- An athlete sent to Auschwitz as a prisoner. She was machine-gunned to death
Dietich Bonhoeffer- A theologian and an Anti-Nazi that assisted German Military Intelligence who tried to assassinate Hitler. He was hanged to death at Auschwitz for his crimes