Name:______Class:______Date:______

Auschwitz and the Holocaust

Start by clicking on theAuschwitz I Picture:

Use the navigation arrows to explore the camp. Once you find the titled area click “Read More” to find the answers in that particular section.

Bird’s Eye View

  1. When was Auschwitz I initially created? ______
  2. Approximately how many people were murdered at Auschwitz I? ______
  3. Besides Jews which other groups were held prisoner at Auschwitz I______
  4. InitiallyAuschwitz I was made up of ______buildings

Roll Call Square

  1. What was the main purpose of the roll calls?______
  2. What would happen if someone fell from exhaustion or sickness at the roll call? ______
  3. Where the dead prisoners required to be present at the roll call? ______

Camp Fence

  1. How high was the typical fence in the camp? ______
  2. Why was concrete placed under the fence? ______
  3. In the history of Auschwitz how many prisoners escaped the camp? ______
  4. Two SS Guards were normally on guard on the watch towers at night. What did they each carry? ______

Block 11. Court

  1. What did the SS guards do to prisoners at “The Post”.______

Arbeit Macht Frei Gate

  1. What did this famous gate at Auschwitz say? ______

Crematorium 1

  1. What kind on gas was used by the SS at the crematorium? ______
  2. What do you see on the walls of the gas chamber? ______
  3. What do you see on the roof and floor? ______
  4. What is located in the room next to the gas chamber that was used to dispose of the bodies? ______

Auschwitz I Gallows

  1. Who was the camp commandant who was executed here in 1947?______

Go back to the “Main Menu” and click on the Picture of Auschwitz – Birkenau(Alt Judenrampe)

  1. What would happen once prisoners arrived here by train? ______

Go back to the “Main Menu” and click on the Picture of Auschwitz – Birkenau

Main Camp Gate

  1. What was located at the top of the famous watch tower? ______

Camp Fence

  1. How was the fence at Auschwitz –Birkenau different that the fence at Auschwitz I? ______

Sector BLA

  1. This section of the camp was reserved for ______

Sector BLB

  1. What was the death rate for deportees in 1942? ______

Brick Barracks

  1. How many prisoners slept in each of the compartments?______

Ruins of gas chamber and Crematorium

  1. Why did the Germans destroy them? ______

The Monument

  1. What is the inscription on the monument say? ______

Main Camp Baths

  1. What happened to prisoners here?______

Storage Area

  1. What kinds of things were taken from the prisoners here? ______

Wooden Prisoner Barracks

  1. How many prisoners were housed in each of these barracks?______

In a short paragraph……How did viewing the camp fist hand make you feel and think about the Holocaust?______