Auschwitz IĪuschwitz I, the main camp, was the first camp established near Oswiecim. Only those prisoners selected for work were issued serial numbers those prisoners sent directly to the gas chambers were not registered and received no tattoos. Other nationalities (25,000 deported, 10,000- 15,000 died)ĭuring the Holocaust, concentration camp prisoners received tattoos only at one location, Auschwitz. Incoming prisoners were assigned a camp serial number which was sewn to their prison uniforms.Soviet prisoners of war (15,000 deported and died).The best estimates of the number of victims at the Auschwitz camp complex, including the killing center at Auschwitz-Birkenau, between 19 are: Of these deportees, approximately 1.1 million people were murdered. It is estimated that the SS and police deported at least 1.3 million people to the Auschwitz camp complex between 19. The majority of these subcamps were located in the region around Auschwitz. The Auschwitz camp complex also included numerous subcamps. The Germans initially established the Buna subcamp there in 1942. This is about 4 miles (approximately 6.5 kilometers) from the Main Camp. The Germans started construction on Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1941.Īuschwitz III or Monowitz was located near the Polish village of Monowice (German: Monowitz). This is about 2 miles (just over 3 km) from the Main Camp. The Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center, also referred to as "Auschwitz II," was located near the Polish village Brzezinka (German: Birkenau). It was originally established in 1940 and later referred to as "Auschwitz I" or "Main Camp." The Auschwitz concentration camp was located on the outskirts of Oświęcim in German-occupied Poland. Germany annexed this area of Poland in 1939. Oświęcim is located in Poland, approximately 40 miles (about 64 km) west of Kraków. Auschwitz is the German name for the Polish city Oświęcim.
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