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Auschwitz was an infamous complex of concentration and death camps. It was run by Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 till 1945. The complex was located in southern Poland. It was the largest of the Nazi death and concentration camps and its name has forever became associated with “genocide”. Jonathan Blumen, a World War II survivor, wrote the Auschwitz Alphabet. In this book he writes about the result of many years of what we know as the Holocaust. Through the English letter a through the letter b, he describes the horror of the Nazi Concentration Camp, Auschwitz. The letter a stands for Arbeit Macht Frei. This means “Work Brings Freedom”. It was a sign that hung over the gates of Auschwitz. Rudolph Hoss commander of the camp put it there. To him this meant that if you worked to exhaustion then you will be released, “in the form of endless labor does in itself bring a kind of spiritual freedom” (Jonathan Blumen). The letter b stands for block 10. It was the medical experimentation block in Auschwitz. It was a balance of horrors. To be an experimental subject could prolong life, or could quickly end it. Block 10 was in the men’s camp, but most people who were confined where women (Dr. Clauberg). The l