Monowitz (also called Monowice or Auschwitz III) is a subcamp or one of the three main camps of Nazi Extermination Camp Auschwitz. It was established in October 1942, in Poland. Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... This article is about the year. ...

The camp and its purpose

Monowitz was originally established to be a labor camp for the Buna-Werk factory owned by the IG Farben Company, and to provide housing for the prisoners who were assigned to work for the factory. It became the largest labor camp operating in Auschwitz. Prisoners in Monowitz often produced synthetic rubbber and liquid fuel for the Buna-Werk factory. The IG Farben company invested more than 700 million Reichmarks (which was about 1.4 million U.S. dollars during 1942), in Monowitz. Monowitz also had a Labor Education Camp for non-Jewish prisoners who were thought to have violated German labor laws. A labour camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in penal labour. ... IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG) was a German conglomerate of companies formed in 1925 and even earlier during World War I. IG Farben held nearly a total monopoly on the chemical production, later during the time of Nazi Germany. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

Separation from the Auschwitz extermination camp

In November 1943, the SS declared that the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) and Auschwitz III (Monowitz) camps would become separate concentration camps. SS Capitan Heinrich Schwartz was appointed commandant of Monowitz from November 1943 to January 1945. 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Birkenau may mean the following: the municipality Birkenau in Hesse, see Birkenau, Hesse the German spelling of the Polish Brzezinka the death camp and part of the concentration camp Auschwitz located near Brzezinka, see Auschwitz concentration camp This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

Liberation of the camp

In January 1945, the Soviet army entered Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz and liberated almost 7,000 prisoners, most of whom were close to death. Soviet redirects here. ...

See also

• Holocaust
• Final Solution
• Auschwitz concentration camp
• Extermination camp
• List of German concentration camps

Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... In a February 26, 1942 letter to German diplomat Martin Luther, Reinhard Heydrich follows up on the Wannsee Conference by asking Luther for administrative assistance in the implementation of the Endlösung der Judenfrage (Final Solution of the Jewish Question). ... Auschwitz, Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau, KL Auschwitz is the name used to identify the largest of the Nazi German extermination camps, along with a number of concentration camps, comprising two main camps and 40-50 sub-camps. ... Majdanek - crematorium Extermination camp (German Vernichtungslager) was the term applied to a group of death camps set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, although members of some other groups whom the Nazis wished to exterminate, such as Roma... The following is a list of German concentration camps during World War II. are marked with pink, while major concentration camps of are marked with blue. ...

External Links

• [1] United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website