A symbol of terror: Auschwitz

Throughout the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror and the Holocaust. The German forces occupying Poland During World War 11 established in May 1940 a concentration camp on the outskirts of the town Oswiecim. The Germans called the town Auschwitz which also gave its name to the nearby death camp. Over the next few years it was expanded into three main camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau,Auschwitz III-Monowitz and more then 40 lesser camps. They were …

…and conferences portraying Auschwitz exist all over the world to remind us of the horror of the Holocaust. A few examples are: the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, The C.A.N.D.L.E.S museum in Terre Haut, Indiana, and the Holocaust Memorial Center in Metropolitan Detroit. Although Auschwitz represents humans at their worst, these horrors live on. Kosava and Sarejevo are examples of the new Auschwitz of my generation.