I ve found these information:
..."During its operation, Auschwitz II-Birkenau was organised into various divisions and special camps including the:
Women's Camp Section BIa - BIb
Quarantine Camp " BIIa
Family Camp for Theresienstadt deportees BIIb
Hungarian Jew's Camp BIIc
Men's Camp BIId
Gypsy Camp BIIe
Prisoners' Hospital BIIf
"Mexico" (under construction at the liberation) Section BIII
Any informations concern "Mexico"? And in special: for what use born the project for this new Section?
Thank You
Luca
Auschwitz II-Birkenau "Mexico"
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Sorry a lot if i ve post this topic before Google search.
In any case i no have found only 2 notes, are these notes corrects?
Thank You
Luca
THE MEXIKO CAMP <../GIF/TrennlinieI.gif>
In the last phase of the war, when the armament industry required more and more slave workers, the deportees kept alive because they still were able to work, were transferred into a part of the camp which was called "Mexico".
This section of Auschwitz-Birkenau was not completely finished. The inmates waited for a further transport to one of the labour camps. Since they should not remain in Auschwitz, they did not receive a prisoner's number typical for Auschwitz.
In this new camp section, the indescribable conditions which had such horrible consequences in the Birkenau women's camp and the gypsy camp, went on just the same. The lack of even the most primitive hygienic installations, the absence of water caused a high rate of mortality.
In the camp jargon, the new section was called "Mexico". The inmates neither had prisoners clothes nor blankets. They received blankets of different colours and styles from the stock-camp section "Canada", where all goods of the deportees were collected. Covered with all these blankets, the prisoners in that camp section appeared like Mexicans.
.......and "Mexico," a section which was never completed but was for Hungarian Jews.
In any case i no have found only 2 notes, are these notes corrects?
Thank You
Luca
THE MEXIKO CAMP <../GIF/TrennlinieI.gif>
In the last phase of the war, when the armament industry required more and more slave workers, the deportees kept alive because they still were able to work, were transferred into a part of the camp which was called "Mexico".
This section of Auschwitz-Birkenau was not completely finished. The inmates waited for a further transport to one of the labour camps. Since they should not remain in Auschwitz, they did not receive a prisoner's number typical for Auschwitz.
In this new camp section, the indescribable conditions which had such horrible consequences in the Birkenau women's camp and the gypsy camp, went on just the same. The lack of even the most primitive hygienic installations, the absence of water caused a high rate of mortality.
In the camp jargon, the new section was called "Mexico". The inmates neither had prisoners clothes nor blankets. They received blankets of different colours and styles from the stock-camp section "Canada", where all goods of the deportees were collected. Covered with all these blankets, the prisoners in that camp section appeared like Mexicans.
.......and "Mexico," a section which was never completed but was for Hungarian Jews.