Auschwitz concentration camp

thumb| No one will ever understand Auschwitz. ~ William Styron Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz [Auschvits]) was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was the largest of the German concentration camps, consisting of Auschwitz I (the Stammlager or base camp); Auschwitz II–Birkenau (the Vernichtungslager or extermination camp); Auschwitz III–Monowitz, also known as Buna–Monowitz (a labour camp); and 45 satellite camps. Quotes Auschwitz, the meaning of pain The way that I want you to die Slow death, immense decay Showers that cleanse you of your life Forced in like cattle You run stripped of your life's worth Human mice, for the Angel of Death Four hundred thousand more to die. Jeff Hanneman, "Angel of Death", Reign in Blood (1986) Someday I will understand Auschwitz. This was a brave statement but innocently absurd. No one will ever understand Auschwitz. William Styron, in Sophie's Choice (1979), Ch. 16 See also Gas chamber Treblinka extermination camp External links Category:Concentration camps Category:20th century in Poland