Initially, most of those confined in the one-story stone buildings were Polish hostages, resistance fighters, and members of the Polish intelligentsia, who were scheduled to be killed — from the standpoint of the occupiers — in the interest of ensuring the ruling order.
Later, people from all over Europe who were persecuted because of politics or race, as well as “ asocials, ” “ preventive detainees, ” “ criminals, ” and Jehovah ’ s Witnesses ( Bibelforscher ), were deported to Auschwitz.
www.wollheim-memorial.deIn der Anfangszeit wurden in den eingeschossigen Steingebäuden vor allem polnische Geiseln, Widerstandskämpfer und Angehörige der polnischen Intelligenz gefangen gehalten, die aus Sicht der Besatzer im Interesse der Herrschaftssicherung ermordet werden sollten.
Später wurden politisch und rassistisch Verfolgte aus ganz Europa sowie sogenannte „ Asoziale “, „ Sicherheitsverwahrte “, „ Kriminelle “ und Zeugen Jehovas ( „ Bibelforscher “ ) nach Auschwitz verschleppt.
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