At first, the camps were controlled by the Gestapo (police), but by 1934 the S.S. (Hitler's personal security force) were ordered by Hitler to control the camps(Prince 518). Camps were set up for different purposes. Some for forced labor, others for medical experimentation. Later on, some beca

On the gate of Auschwitz was a sign in German which read, 'Arbeit macht frei', which means “work makes you free”. Auschwitz included camp sites a few miles away from the main complex. At these sites, slave labor was used to kill the people. The working conditions were so poor that death was a sure result. Until March 26, 1942, Auschwitz took women prisoners, but after August 16, 1942 the women were housed in Birkenau to make it easier for their destruction (they were not as strong). When the Jews arrived at Auschwitz, they were met with threats and promises. If they didn't do exactly as they were told, they would be beaten, deprived of food, or shot. From time to time, they would be assured that things would get better. The daily meals in Auschwitz consisted of watery soup, distributed once a day,with a small piece of (moldy) bread. In addition, they got extra an allowance consisting of 3/4 ounce of margarine, a little piece of cheese or a spoonful of watered jam. Everyone in the camp was so malnourished that if a drop of soup spilled prisoners would rush from all sides to see if they could get some of the soup. Because of the bad sanitary conditions, the inadequate diet, the hard labor and other torturous conditions in Auschwitz, most people died within a few months of their arrival. The few people who managed to stay alive for longer were the ones who were assigned better jobs. The prisoners slept on three shelves of wooden slabs with six of these units to each tier. They had to stand for hours in the wet and mud during role call, which was twice a day.

On the trains, Jews were starved for days. Many people did not survive the ride to the camp. When the camps were finally opened, most of the families who were shipped out together ended up being separated; males in one camp and females in another. Jews were forced to obey the guard's orders from the moment they arrived at the camps. If they didn't, they would be beaten, put into solitary confinement or shot. The prisoners usually had marks on their clothes or numbers on the

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