The Auschwitz concentration camp is made up of 3 separate camps all within about a half mile from each other. The first Auschwitz camp started as a camp primarily focused on political prisoners and contained the adminstrative headquarters, a "hospital", torture chambers, as well as a small crematorium. It also contained the home of Rudolph Hess, who was the leader and visionary behind many of the key operations of Auschwitz. It also contained the site where Hess was hung after the Nazi war crimes trials.
Auschwitz I also contained displays of the items Nazi's took from the prisoners of victims of the Holocaust. Items like eyeglasses, shaving cream containers, prostethics, clothes, and luggage were taken and the utilized for other purposes. The items in the displays were reamaining from when Auschwitz was liberated.
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