Auschwitz; Exposing the Darkest Horrors in Human History Auschwitz remains the ultimate symbol of the horrors committed during the Holocaust. Established by Nazi Germany in 1940, it became the largest and most infamous extermination camp, where over a million people—mostly Jews, but also Poles, Soviet prisoners, Romani, and others—were systematically murdered. The industrialized killing process, the brutal forced labor, and the inhumane medical experiments conducted there represent some of the d