Lekcja poprzedzająca zwiedzanie muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

w języku angielskim

What images / associations come to your mind when you see the following picture?

What happened on 1st September 1939 and what were the results of it?

• The war broke out• The Nazis began arresting Poles (members of

intelligentsia)• The idea of establishing a concentration camp

was proposed. (Why?)• 14th June 1940 – the Auschwitz camp was

established

Why did the Nazis decide to establish the camp in the town of Oświęcim?

• Convenient area (easy to be isolated and expanded in the future)

• Pre-war barracks (military barracks)• The main railway junction (easy

communication)

Who was deported to Auschwitz and why?

• European Jews - (1.1mln – victims: 960.000)

• Poles - (150.000 – victims: 75.000)

• European Roma - (23.000 - victims: 21.000)

• Soviet Prisoners of War - (15.000 - victims: 15.000)

• Prisoners of other nationalities - (25.000 – victims: 10-15.000)

What was the process of admission to the camp like?

What was the typical day of a prisoner like?

What did the prisoners suffer from and what were they exposed to in Auschwitz?

What happened in January 1942?

• Berlin Wansee Conference – a debate about the Final Solution of the Jewish Question. Since then mass transport of European Jews condemned to extermination started to arrive at KL Auschwitz.

How was the extermination of the Jews organised?

When was the camp liberated?What can you say about the following picture?