"On Auschwitz" (9): Auschwitz III-Monowitz camp

The Auschwitz III-Monowitz camp was established in October 1942
on the site of the displaced and expelled Polish village of
Monowice, located 6 km from the Auschwitz I camp. It was
connected with the construction of the synthetic rubber and fuel
plant by a German chemical company IG Farbenindustrie.


Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz, head of the Memorial Research Center, talks
about the history of the third part of the Auschwitz camp
complex.

You can also listen to "On Auschwitz" (4) that explains the role
of the German company IG Farbenindustrie in the expansion of
Auschwitz, creation of Birkenau & why in March 1942 the
concentration camp became also an extermination center for Jewish
people:
https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-4-Transformation-of-Auschwitz-concentration-camp-into-an-extermination-center-e13bat2