8 events with tag "Auschwitz"
1939
ID: 1487
Rudolf Hoess (Auschwitz Commandant): 'I commanded Auschwitz... estimate at least 2,500,000 victims were executed'
ID: 1487
1940
ID: 1491
IG Farben expands into occupied territories, begins Auschwitz factory planning
ID: 1491
1941
ID: 1505
IG Farben establishes Auschwitz III-Monowitz 'Buna-Werke' synthetic rubber factory using 83,000+ concentration camp inmates
ID: 1505
1941
ID: 1510
August 14, 1941
St. Maximilian Kolbe at Auschwitz - Volunteers to die for family man - Killed by injection August 14
ID: 1510
1942
ID: 1516
IG Farben doctors conduct medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners
ID: 1516
1942
ID: 1522
St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) to Auschwitz - Jewish philosopher become Carmelite - Dies in gas chamber
ID: 1522
1943
ID: 1526
Dr. Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer establishes 'Zwillingslager' (twins camp) at Auschwitz
ID: 1526
1944
ID: 1539
Nazi experiments with ECT begin at Auschwitz
ID: 1539