Primary Sources:

Gricksch, Alfred-Franke. "Resettlement of Jews." Jewish Virtual Library. N.p. ,1984.

Web. October 30, 2015.
In this report I learned about how the SS (Schutzstaffel) quickly and effectivly
executed Jew and others at Auschwitz by using gas chambers. This source helped me
understand the process of execution for prisoners in Auschwitz.
Jahrling, Rudolph. Letter to SS-General Kammler. 25 June 1943. Auschwitz Technique
and Operation of the Gas Chambers. NY: n.p. ,1989. 247. Jewish Virtual Library. Web.
October 31, 2015.
This was a useful letter because it showed the estimated number of corpses that
can be disposed of in the crematoriums each time. It assisted me in understanding the
large amount of prisoners that could be disposed in a short time.
Stark, Hans. Statement.The Good Old Days. N.Y. n.p. 1988. Florida Center for
Instructional technology. Web. October 31, 2015.
This statement helped explain how they gassed the prisoners at Auschwitz. From
this source I now know what type of gas they used to quickly exterminate prisoners.
Moeder (unknown). Letter. September 10, 1942. Yad Vashem. Web. October 31, 2015.
I learned that the German prisoners were unaware of where they were going. This
was helpful as it showed what the prisoners thought was going to happen to them and
how the Germans disguised their intentions from them.
A transport of Hungarian Jews lines up for selection at Auschwitz. Digital Image. United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Yad Vashem Photo Archives, nd. Web.
From this picture I learned that there was a huge amount of prisoners ready for
selection. This source was used to help me understand the tremendous amount of Jews
and others who were transported to Auschwitz.
Sifran, Irene. "At Auschwitz."United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.n.p. ,n.d. Web.
I learned about the conditions people lived in and how little food they had. This
source made me more aware of what the prisoners had to experience and how cruel the
SS treated them.
The Grossman Family."Auschwitz: The Beginning, June 1944." United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum. n.p. ,n.d. Web.
This source gave me inside information on life inside Auschwitz. It helped me
understand the conditions they lived in and every day life inside the camp.
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler."The Auschwitz Protocol". United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum. n.p. , n.d, Web.
This report provided eyewitness accounts on what was going on inside the camps.
From this information I now better understand how prisoners were treated .
Rocek,Eva. "Shakespeare saved my Life". Yad Vashem. n.p., n.d.Web. October 31,

2015.
This testimony was from someone who experienced Auschwitz. It helped provide a
first-hand account on what went on inside the camp.

Josef Mengele. Digital image. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. National
Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
This is a photograph of SS physician Doctor Joseph Mengele. It shows what
Dr.Mengele looked like.
Women survivors after liberation of Auschwitz. Digital image. United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 21 Dec.
2015.
In this photograph it shows women survivors huddled in the barracks after Soviet
troops liberated Auschwitz. It gives a good example of how crowded the barracks are
and what happened after the liberation.
Child survivors of Auschwitz. Digital image. United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum. Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography, n.d. Web. 21
Dec. 2015.
This picture is of child survivors of Auschwitz after liberation. This shows the few
amount of children who survived.
Bales of Hair found at the liberation of Auschwitz. Digital image. United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
This photograph is off bales of hay from female prisoners labeled for shipment
found after the liberation of Auschwitz. This helps me understand that the Nazi shaved
everyones hair off and was going to sell it for profit.
Vock, Philip. Pile of eyeglasses found in warehouse at Auschwitz. Digital image. United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
This is a photo of a huge pile of eyeglasses found in one of the warehouses at
Auschwitz after its liberation. I learned from it that the Nazi took the huge amount of
prisoners personal belongings and stored them.
Chrzanowski, Mark. Corpses of prisoners killed before the evacuation of Auschwitz.
Digital image. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec.
2015.
In this image it shows the corpses of prisoners overflowing the shed. I can learn
from this that before the evacuation of Auschwitz many people were murdered and they
did not have enough time to destroy the corpses.
A gas chamber in Auschwitz. Digital image. History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Dec. 2015.
This is a photo of one of the gas chambers used in Auschwitz. This photo gives
me and idea of what the gas chambers looked like inside.

Main entrance to Auschwitz camp. Digital image. United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Dec. 2015.
In this photograph it shows the main entrance of Auschwitz. On the gate the
words translate to Work makes you free. This shows that the prisoners are going to
have to endure a lot of labor.
Interior of a wooded barrack. Digital image. History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
This is a photo of the inside of one of the barracks in Auschwitz. I can learn from
it that the beds were tightly squeezed together with one on top of each other. This shows
that their living quarters were extremely cramped.

Secondary Sources:
"Auschwitz."United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. n.p. , n.d. Web. November 14,
2015.<http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007718>.
This article is a summary of Auschwitz and key dates important to its history. This
helped because it provided information prisoners might not have known or included in
their accounts.
"Auschwitz-Birkenau: History & Overview." Jewish Virtual Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 05
Dec. 2015
In this article I learned how Auschwitz was established and it's history. This was
useful to understand the purpose of Auschwitz and how it was
"Auschwitz." History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/auschwitz>.
This article gave me an overview of Auschwitz. From it I learned about the
evacuation and liberation of Auschwitz.
"The Order of the Day" Auschwitz. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2015.
In this article I learned about the prisoners daily life in camp. I took from this that
The prisoners had to endure many long hours of labor and lived in a terrible state, so
some of them eventually died under these conditions.
"Living Conditions, Labor & Executions." Jewish Virtual Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Dec.
2015.
From this article I learned about the conditions the prisoners lived in and the
executions some had to endure in these camps. From this I understand that the SS were
very heartless and that they lived in cramped, unsanitary quarters.
"Auschwitz." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust
Memorial Council, 18 Aug. 2015. Web. 23 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005189>.
This article was about details about the 3 main camps of Auschwitz. I now know
the different purpose of each camp.

"Josef Mengele." Jewish Virtual Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Dec. 2015.
In this article I learned about Josef Mengele a famous doctor at Auschwitz. I used
this knowledge to write about the experiments he performed on twins.
"Josef Mengele." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust
Memorial Council, 18 Aug. 2015. Web. 23 Jan. 2015.
From this article I learned a bit more on Dr. Mengeles role in Auschwitz. I learned
about his other medical interests not including twins.

"Nutrition." Auschwitz-Birkenau. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Dec. 2015.

This article was about what the prisoners ate on a daily basis. I learned that they
did not get enough food so some of them may have died of malnutrition or starvation.