Even though many people deny the existence of the Holocaust, Auschwitz is known as the largest murderous concentration camp that ever existed. If the individuals were in a concentration camp, life was not easy, you were not treated like a prince or princess. Elie Wiesel says in his book Night “I didn't move. What had happened to me? My father had just been beaten, before my eyes, and I hadn't moved. Many people were tortured, beaten and lived miserable lives. Life in a concentration camp was hell for anyone, whether guard or prisoner. Although many people do not believe in the Holocaust, Auschwitz was known as the largest concentration camp that ever existed. It is difficult to deny that Auschwitz never happened, due to the large number of people who were killed in this concentration camp. Auschwitz was located in Oswiecim, Poland(4). It was established because it is the central crossroads of roads and railways(4). It was a place where Jews were sent from all over Europe to undergo selection to decide whether an individual would be killed on the job or burned alive based on their size, gender, age and state of health. health (4). Many of those who did not make it were burned or suffocated in gas chambers(4). Auschwitz was known as the largest torture center in the world(4). Auschwitz began in the 20th century, in January 1940 (10). It was built in 1940.(2)The gas chambers and crematoria were opened in March 1943.(4)They wanted to add another building to the camp.(2)They finally got the building on May 26, 1940. (2) The size of Auschwitz-Birkenau was extremely large. (2) Auschwitz 1 contained fifteen thousand to twenty thousand people and sometimes more. (2) Birkenau...... middle of paper ......otten for all the memories that haunt it.“Auschwitz” A+ E Networks. 2009. Internet. March 24, 2014. “Auschwitz-Birkenau” Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau. 1999-2014. Internet. March 24, 2014. “Auschwitz-Birkenau” 2000-2013. Internet. March 24, 2014. “Auschwitz-Birkenau – “The Death Factory” Web. March 24, 2014. “Auschwitz-Birkenau: History and Overview” American-Israeli cooperative enterprise. 2014. Internet. March 24, 2014. “The Auschwitz concentration camp: historical outlines” SJ HEART 2007. Web. March 24, 2014. “Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State” Southern California Community Television. 2004-2005. Internet. March 24, 2014. “Forget You Not” website. March 24, 2014. Web “The Gates of Hell”. March 24, 2014 “Liberation of the Nazi Camps” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. June 10, 2013. the web. March 24, 2014. “The Holocaust Explained” London Jewish Cultural Centre. 2011. Internet. March 24 2014.