Poland &

World War II

By Claire West & Bo Hughes

1939-1945

1939- august fifteenth- German invades Poland taking innocent civilians

1941- The Auschwitz concentration camp is built and prisons are emptied. Most Prisoners sent to Auschwitz to relieve over population of prisons.

1942- First shipment of prisoners from the Grodno Ghetto sent to Auschwitz.

1945- Auschwitz is closed down and Prisoners are released.

Jerek Gorski

Auschwitz Journal 43:

-Life in Auschwitz is terrible, I wish I were dead. My life is as good as over . Hear the soldiers talk about the battle of Stalingrad , they have it bad, but I have it worse

-While working I over heard the Germans talking. They were talking about some army in Stalingrad that had been attacked. It made me realize that both the prisoners and the----

soldiers were effected by the war for the worse. They suffered through bad conditions and were also forced into the army. They didn’t have a choice like all of us in here. I realize that we cant be mad at the soldiers because there suffering just as much as we are..

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