t still Polish. This camp also housed camp administration.
             The main execution site of Auschwitz I was Block II and its courtyard, also known as the "block of death". Shooting was the punishment for prisoners suspected of involvement in resisting activities or when the cells in Block II were particularly overcrowded. There were also hangings during roll-call on portable gallows. Some prisoners were subject to die of starvation.
             In March 1941, due to the continued influx of prisoners, Himmler ordered the erection of a second, much larger section of the camp, which was located 1.9 miles from the original camp. This was called Auschwitz II, or Birkenau. Those who remained
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