About: Kanada warehouses, Auschwitz

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The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. The buildings were used to store the stolen belongings of prisoners, mostly Jews who had been murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. The property of prisoners registered in the camp and used as slave labour was kept on deposit.

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  • The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. The buildings were used to store the stolen belongings of prisoners, mostly Jews who had been murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. The property of prisoners registered in the camp and used as slave labour was kept on deposit. The warehouses became known as "Kanada" (or "Canada") because the prisoners saw them as the land of plenty. Although the name began as prisoner slang, it was apparently adopted by some of the camp administration. Prisoners who worked there were known as the Aufräumungskommando ("clearing-up commando") or Kanada Kommando. It was viewed as one of the best jobs in Auschwitz, because prisoners could "organize", in camp slang, and procure goods for themselves and other inmates. (en)
  • Les Entrepôts du Kanada ou les Entrepôts du Canada ou simplement le Kanada ou le Canada sont des entrepôts localisés dans le camp de concentration d'Auschwitz, où toutes les possessions des nouveaux déportés, les Juifs en grande majorité, sont placées à leur arrivée.L'appellation fait allusion au pays du même nom, avec toutes ses ressources. Dans le langage du camp, « c'est l'endroit où l'on trouve tout ». Les détenus utilisent en premier cette expression, puis l'administration du camp l'adopte également. (fr)
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  • Auschwitz concentration camp, occupied Poland (en)
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  • Kanada, Auschwitz (en)
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  • Les Entrepôts du Kanada ou les Entrepôts du Canada ou simplement le Kanada ou le Canada sont des entrepôts localisés dans le camp de concentration d'Auschwitz, où toutes les possessions des nouveaux déportés, les Juifs en grande majorité, sont placées à leur arrivée.L'appellation fait allusion au pays du même nom, avec toutes ses ressources. Dans le langage du camp, « c'est l'endroit où l'on trouve tout ». Les détenus utilisent en premier cette expression, puis l'administration du camp l'adopte également. (fr)
  • The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. The buildings were used to store the stolen belongings of prisoners, mostly Jews who had been murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. The property of prisoners registered in the camp and used as slave labour was kept on deposit. (en)
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  • Kanada warehouses, Auschwitz (en)
  • Entrepôts du Kanada (Auschwitz) (fr)
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