Language:
English
Year of publication:
2014
Titel der Quelle:
Geographies of the Holocaust
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2014) 158-191
Keywords:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Buildings
;
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) History
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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National socialism and architecture
;
Nazi concentration camps
Abstract:
Presents the history of the planning of the Auschwitz complex and of its construction. The photos and the plans are part of the extensive visual material that documents SS goals and actions at this concentration, labor, and death camp. The concentration camps played an increasingly brutal role in both the Nazi exploitation of labor and genocide, none more infamously than Auschwitz. Furthermore, due to its provision of forced labor for the IG Farben plant as well as its central geographic location in Nazi-controlled Europe, Auschwitz was a linchpin in carrying out the racist imperialist ideals at the heart of Hitler’s military drive.
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