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the procedure for gassing was as follows: About 900 people were gassed at a time. First they undressed in a nearby room. Then, they were told to go into another room to be deloused. They filled the gas chambers like packed like sardines (Microsoft Encarta). After a few minutes of horrible suffering, the victims died. The bodies were then transported to ovens where they were burned. The gas chambers were not large enough to execute great numbers at a time, so crematoria were built (Gilbert The Holocaust ). The crematoria would burn 2,000 bodies in less than 24 hours. An elevator would take them from the dressing room to the crematoria. It took 30 minutes to kill 2,500 victims, but close to 24 hours to burn the bodies (Microsoft Encarta). Many Jews and non – Jews tried to escape

from Auschwitz. Some succeeded. Of course they wanted to inform the world of what was going on (Internet: Auschwitz Alphabet). Those who escaped wrote descriptions of the horrors they suffered. Information spread to many countries, yet no countries seemed to do anything to help the situation. In fact, as the war progressed, the number of prisoners increased. In total, between 1.5 and 3.5 million Jews were murdered at Auschwitz between the years 1940 and 1945. In 1946 Poland founded a mueseum at the site of the Auschwitz concentrarion camp in remembrance of it s victims (Microsoft Encarta).