Auschwitz I

Auschwitz I was the original Nazi concentration camp established in 1940 in Poland. Initially created for political prisoners, it later became part of the larger Auschwitz complex, which included extermination camps. Auschwitz I housed thousands of inmates, where they faced forced labor, starvation, and brutal treatment. It served as a site for horrific medical experiments and executions. Of the over a million people sent to Auschwitz, the vast majority were Jews, along with Poles, Roma, and others deemed undesirable by the Nazi regime. Today, Auschwitz stands as a memorial and museum, reminding the world of the Holocaust's horrors.