Fangene i Auschwitz og deres forferdelige liv

Abstract

Som nevnt i innledningen var denne oppgaven sentret rundt problemstillingen hvordan fangene i Auschwitz levde, og hva de ble utsatt for. Fangene i Auschwitz levde ikke bra. Dette er noe som ble sett på fra hvordan deres rutiner var til hva de måtte gjøre i løpet av en dag. Fangene jobbet veldig lange dager som var omkring tolv timer lange dagene kunne være kortere på vinteren. De hadde revelje tidlig på morgenen og en opptelling før de la seg. Det var avstraffelser om de ikke gjorde jobben sin og felles avstraffelser om noen klarte å rømme når de jobbet. Fangene jobbet med å lage en leir som mange en dag skulle dø i nemlig Birkenau. Det var en seperasjon mellom de forskjellige rasene som kom inn i Auschwitz og det var forskjellige behandlinger for de forskjellige gruppene. Ut ifra hvordan disse gruppene var i nazi Tyskland sin rasistiske ideologi. Dette var ikke bare jøder det var også romerfolket som var langt nede i denne ideologien. Skille mellom de forskjellige inne i Auschwitz skjedde ved hjelp av symboler på brystet. Dette var en david-stjerne av gule og røde triangler for jødene, en rød triangel for de politiske fangene, en grønn triangel for vanlig kriminelle, en sort triangel for romerfolket og prostituerte og en grønn triangel for homoseksuelle. Dette var ikke alt da det var forskjell på hvordan fangene ble behandlet basert på rase. Folk fra Skandinavia, folk fra Nedland og folk fra Flandern fikk det bedre i Auschwitz fordi de var av den germanske rase. Det betyr ikke at de hadde det bedre, Det betyr at de fikk bedre jobber som å jobbe på kjøkkenet og vaske klær, jobber som ikke krevde å være ute i tolv timer og jobbe fysisk i brutale værforhold.

Det å være en fange i Auschwitz var tungt og ikke bra. Det var tvangs arbeid og det var mindre enn slaver i leiren. Det var ikke noe valg om man skulle jobbe eller ikke. Det kommer gjennom de fire kriteriene som Spoerer og Fleischhacker prater om. Om alle disse kriteriene ble møtt var man mindre enn en slave som jøder og romerfolket var ifølge nazi Tyskland sin rasistiske ideologi. Fangene ble brukt til mange oppgaver som å være arbeids kraften til I. G. Farben. Dette hadde en stor konsekvens som gjorde at det var mange som døde grunnet å jobbe for dem. De fikk arbeidere til å være i en kul mine som gjorde at det var 32 dødsfall om dagen. Dette gjorde at forventet leve tid for de innsatte var fire til seks uker. Fangene i Auschwitz ble også brukt til å teste medikamenter for I. G. Farben. Dette var ikke alle dødsfallene som var i Auschwitz. Det var mange som døde å gass kammer og skyte rekker som ble satt opp av SS personellet. Dette var noe som var mer normalt i tidligere dager i Auschwitz, men etter at Birkenau ble bygd av de innsatte i Auschwitz ble dette mindre normalt da masse drapene var det Birkenau ble lagd for.

Med dette hadde fangene i Auschwitz ikke noe bra leve vilkår og de ble segregert gjennom symboler og hva nazi Tyskland mente var den beste rasen. Dette var ikke noe bedre med de brutale jobbene som fangene måtte gjøre, blant annet å bygge Birkenau og å jobbe i minen til I. G. Farben som var en stor skyld i mange dødsfall som skjedde i Auschwitz. Livet til fangene i Auschwitz var ikke bra. Dette kommer av hvordan de ble behandlet av SS og hvordan de hadde så dårlige leve vilkår. De ble utsatt for brutale og det vi i dag kan se på som tortur. Både fysisk og mentalt.

As mentioned in the introduction, this thesis was centered around the issue of how the prisoners in Auschwitz lived, and what they were exposed to. The prisoners in Auschwitz did not live well. This is something that was looked at from what their routines were like to what they had to do during a day. The prisoners worked very long days which were about twelve hours long, the days could be shorter in the winter. They had a revelje early in the morning and a count before they went to bed. There were punishments if they didn't do their job and joint punishments if someone managed to escape while they were working. The prisoners worked to create a camp in which many would one day die, namely Birkenau. There was a separation between the different races that entered Auschwitz and there were different treatments for the different groups. Based on how these groups were in Nazi Germany's racist ideology. It wasn't just Jews, it was also the Roman people who were deep down in this ideology. Differentiation between the different ones inside Auschwitz happened with the help of symbols on the chest. This was a Star of David of yellow and red triangles for the Jews, a red triangle for the political prisoners, a green triangle for common criminals, a black triangle for the Roman people and prostitutes and a green triangle for homosexuals. This was not all as there was a difference in how the prisoners were treated based on race. People from Scandinavia, people from the Netherlands and people from Flanders were better off in Auschwitz because they were of the Germanic race. That doesn't mean they were better off, It means they got better jobs like working in the kitchen and washing clothes, jobs that didn't require being outside for twelve hours and working physically in brutal weather conditions.

Being a prisoner in Auschwitz was hard and not good. It was forced labor and there were less than slaves in the camp. There was no choice whether to work or not. It comes through the four criteria that Spoerer and Fleischhacker talk about. If all these criteria were met, one was less than a slave as Jews and the Roma people were according to Nazi Germany's racist ideology. The prisoners were used for many tasks such as being the labor force for I. G. Farben. This had a major consequence which meant that many people died because of working for them. They made workers stay in a cool mine that caused 32 deaths a day. This meant that the expected life time for the inmates was four to six weeks. The prisoners at Auschwitz were also used to test drugs for I. G. Farben. These were not all the deaths that were in Auschwitz. Many died in gas chambers and firing lines that were set up by the SS personnel. This was something that was more normal in earlier days in Auschwitz, but after Birkenau was built by the inmates of Auschwitz, this became less normal as mass killings were what Birkenau was made for.

With this, the prisoners in Auschwitz did not have good living conditions and they were segregated through symbols and what Nazi Germany thought was the best race. This was no better with the brutal jobs that the prisoners had to do, including building Birkenau and working in the mine of I. G. Farben which was to blame for many deaths that occurred in Auschwitz. Life for the prisoners in Auschwitz was not good. This comes from how they were treated by the SS and how they had such poor living conditions. They were subjected to brutal and what we can today see as torture. Both physically and mentally.