Auschwitz MemorialDec 3, 2022

3 December 1942 | SS escorted around 400 Jewish prisoners of the Sonderkommando from Birkenau to Auschwitz I. They had been forced to dig up & burn ca. 107,000 corpses buried in mass graves. They were led into the gas chamber by crematorium I and killed.

The story of Sonderkommando is one of the darkest chapters of the history of Auschwitz.

Listen to our podcast about the fate of Sonderkommando prisoners.
https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-13-The-fate-of-Sonderkommando-prisoners-e1bv3ou

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"On Auschwitz" (13): The fate of Sonderkommando prisoners by On Auschwitz

One of the darkest chapters of the history of Auschwitz is undoubtedly the story of the Sonderkommando - a group of prisoners, mainly Jews - forced by the Germans to work in gas chambers and crematoria of the camp. Prisoners assigned to this unit, employed in places of mass extermination, could not refuse to do their work or ask to be transferred to perform other tasks in the camp. Failure to carry out the instructions of the SS would result in immediate death. Dr. Igor Bartosik from the Research Center of the Memorial talks about the fate of Sonderkommando prisoners. --- Listen also to our podcast about the first crematorium and the beginnings of the Sonderkommando: https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-6-the-first-crematorium-and-the-Sonderkommando-in-Auschwitz-e14rnsj

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A crematorium was created in August 1940 & prisoners were forced to work there. Listen about the creation of the Sonderkommando in the Auschwitz camp. https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-6-the-first-crematorium-and-the-Sonderkommando-in-Auschwitz-e14rnsj
"On Auschwitz" (6): the first crematorium and the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz by On Auschwitz

From the beginning of the existence of the German Auschwitz camp, the bodies of murdered prisoners were incinerated. The first crematorium on the grounds of the camp was opened in August 1940 and, of course, prisoners of the camp had to work there. The situation of this work group changed when the killing of people in gas chambers began in the camp. The Sonderkommando was then formed. Paweł Sawicki spoke to Dr. Igor Bartosik of the Memorial Research Centre about the beginnings of this special work unit.

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