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The Complexes Auschwitz at first just one complex. After overcrowding and the discomfort of the soldiers that were on guard there, it was decided that the camp would be expanded to fit the needs of people of importance. Added on were two more camps. The first was Auschwitz Birkenau, and the second was Auschwitz Monowitz.

Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of the three camps, and was where most of the worst things that happened in the camp took place. In it was the infamous Block 11: a toture and execuion building. This was even more feared than the gas chambers. Birkenau also held the aforementioned gas chambers and the crematoria. More than 1½ million people died at Auschwitz, and of the people who were murdered, just about all were killed in Birkenau.