Poland & World War II By Claire West & Bo Hughes august fifteenth- German invades Poland taking innocent civilians The Auschwitz concentration camp is built and prisons are emptied. Most Prisoners sent to Auschwitz to relieve over population of prisons First shipment of prisoners from the Grodno Ghetto sent to Auschwitz Auschwitz is closed down and Prisoners are released. Jerek Gorski Auschwitz Journal 43: -Life in Auschwitz is terrible, I wish I were dead. My life is as good as over. Hear the soldiers talk about the battle of Stalingrad, they have it bad, but I have it worse -While working I over heard the Germans talking. They were talking about some army in Stalingrad that had been attacked. It made me realize that both the prisoners and the---- soldiers were effected by the war for the worse. They suffered through bad conditions and were also forced into the army. They didnt have a choice like all of us in here. I realize that we cant be mad at the soldiers because there suffering just as much as we are.. Works Cited "Auschwitz-Birkenau - KL Auschwitz-Birkenau." Auschwitz-Birkenau - Main Page Web. 28 Apr Piper, Franciszek. "Auschwitz-Birkenau - Poles in Auschwitz." Auschwitz-Birkenau - Main Page Web. 28 Apr Strzelecki, Andrzej. "Auschwitz-Birkenau - Jews in Auschwitz." Auschwitz-Birkenau - Main Page Web. 28 Apr Archer, Noah, and Chris Webb. "The Grodno GhettoHolocaust Education & Archive Research Team. Web. 13 May Schmidt, Paul, and William Shirer. "Hitler Receives an Ultimatum, 1939." EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It Web. 13 May Kuhan, Anura. The Holocaust in Poland: a Study of Works Dealing with the Issue of Polish People's Collective Behaviour in the Holocaust Print. The End