On Auschwitz

On Auschwitz


"On Auschwitz" (6): the first crematorium and the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz

July 22, 2021

From the beginning of the existence of the German Auschwitz camp, the bodies of murdered prisoners were incinerated. The first crematorium on the grounds of the camp was opened in August 1940 and, of course, prisoners of the camp had to work there. The si