In June 1940 the Auschwitz concentration camp was opened; this camp would later become the home and place of death for hundreds of thousands of prisoners. Jews, Poles and Gypsies made up the vast majority of prisoners in the camp. Life in Auschwitz involved living in undesirable conditions and having to follow a very strict schedule day after day. Once Auschwitz was fully completed, it contained twenty-eight two-story blocks. Each block was built to house 700 prisoners, but when used, each block held approximately 1,200. When the camp was put into operation, the rooms had no furniture; this meant that prisoners had to sleep on straw-filled mattresses. Eventually the rooms were equipped with wooden bunks, tables, stools, cupboards and a coal stove. At first they also had to use an external latrine, but over time the toilets and urinals were installed on the ground floor. Inside the camp there were several sectors; sector B1 was the oldest part of the camp and housed two different types of barracks. There were brick shacks, which had brick or concrete floors. There was no heating...
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