Question

Select the correct button in the table to show whether each statement about Auschwitz is true or false.

True False
It was the largest of all the extermination camps.
True – It was the largest of all the extermination camps.
False – It was the largest of all the extermination camps.
Cyanide gas was used to fuel the ovens in the crematoriums.
True – Cyanide gas was used to fuel the ovens in the crematoriums.
False – Cyanide gas was used to fuel the ovens in the crematoriums.
When prisoners arrived, the SS decided who would live or die.
True – When prisoners arrived, the SS decided who would live or die.
False – When prisoners arrived, the SS decided who would live or die.
The elderly and sick were taken immediately to the camp’s hospital.
True – The elderly and sick were taken immediately to the camp’s hospital.
False – The elderly and sick were taken immediately to the camp’s hospital.

Answer 1

The largest of the extermination camps was Auschwitz, and selections upon arrival were performed by the SS. Cyanide gas was used in the gas chambers, not to fuel the crematorium ovens.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer for the first statement is True – It was the largest of all the extermination camps. For the second statement, the correct answer is False – Cyanide gas, specifically Zyklon B, was not used to fuel the ovens; it was used to murder victims in the gas chambers.

The third statement is True – When prisoners arrived at Auschwitz, the SS conducted a selection process to decide who would live or die. The fourth statement is False – The elderly and sick were not taken to the camp’s hospital; they were often sent directly to the gas chambers.

Answer 2

• It was the largest of all the extermination camps.

True – It was the largest of all the extermination camps.

• Cyanide gas was used to fuel the ovens in the crematoriums.

False – Cyanide gas was used to fuel the ovens in the crematoriums.

• When prisoners arrived, the SS decided who would live or die.

True – When prisoners arrived, the SS decided who would live or die.

• The elderly and sick were taken immediately to the camp’s hospital.

False – The elderly and sick were taken immediately to the camp’s hospital.

Step-by-step explanation:

Auschwitz was the largest installation built by the Nazi Germans during World War Two. more than a million people mainly the large majority of them were Jews died there till the year 1945 it was liberated.

When prisoners landed at Auschwitz, SS guards picked those who seemed fit for labor and sent the rest mainly children, elderly people, and anyone who looked weak directly to the gas chamber.

Gas chambers were referred to as showers or baths, Zyklon B gas was used as a poison, millions of people were killed like this.