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Post by Jaga on Feb 14, 2006 21:34:21 GMT -7
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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 14, 2006 22:42:33 GMT -7
Oh, Jaga...this one was fairly easy ;D It has nothing really to do with the country Canada, but with a common misconception of the times. From: history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsg-hist.uni-linz.ac.at%2FAuschwitz%2FHTML%2FAllgem-Infos.html"Canada" was the stock camp, where all goods, valuables and objects of daily life, which the prisoners had brought with them, were sorted out, packed and sent back to the Reich. These objects were directly brought from the ramp to the Canada camp section.
The prisoners who worked there, received the name "Commando Canada". Canada obviously was synonymous for wealth and richness.
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Post by bescheid on Feb 15, 2006 7:19:41 GMT -7
GM
You are very knowledgable of that information! Good show as the British would, I only suppose, say! The delphi url would not come through. Sorry, I have had very loused luck with that particular forum in as much as to user comfort. But, that is my experience, and not that of otheres. As an addition, there were 50 additional satellite camps with Auschwitze, each for a different purpose.
The below is not to ment to detract from your information, but, meaning only to add. I do trust this is permissionable to you? If not, then I will know to not do this again.
Kanada (in German, or usually Canada)
On arrival at the ramp in the East, all arriving prisoners were told to leave their larger pieces of luggage. In reality, the luggage they had so painstakingly packed was taken on arrival at Auschwitz to a series of special warehouses known collectively as "Kanada." Initially, all prisoner clothing and hand luggage was stored in a warehouse in block 26 in the main Auschwitz I camp. However, by mid-1942, there was so much looted property that storage was moved to six barracks near the main camp Auschwitz I for storage. As the mass of deportations arrived at Auschwitz during 1942, these warehouses were also too small. To accommodate the goods arriving with deportees, storage facilities (Effektenkammer) staffed by prisoner labor squads were created, as part of the Aufräumungskommando ("clean up crews"). Kanada storage facilities occupied several dozen barracks and other buildings. Kanada I was moved to the BIIg sector of Birkenau, consisting of six storage barracks near the main camp, in the vicinity of the Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke (DAW) plant and warehouses. Until December 1943, Kanada I served as the central facility for sorting material looted from arriving Jewish and non-Jewish prisoners and preparing this material for future reutilization. From 1942 to 1943, between 1,000 and 1,600 male and female prisoners worked in two shifts. Kanada I was run by a succession of SS men: Richard Wiegleb, Georg Hocher, and Emanuel Glumbik. Kanada II started operating in December 1943. It comprised 30 barracks, most of which served as storage and sorting facilities for plundered Jewish goods until the liquidation of Auschwitz. The clothing disinfection facility was located in an adjacent building. Kanada II quickly became larger than Kanada I and in late July 1944 had a total of 590 men assigned prisoner laborers. By October 1944, probably more than 1,500 to 2,000 men and women prisoners worked in Kanada II. The prisoners considered the labor squads in Kanada as better kommandos, since there they had the chance to obtain illegally food, clothing, and other valuables. Kanada, the Birkenau warehouses where the belongings of the newly arrived victims were sorted and stored by the SS, had a special meaning in Poland. In Poland, the name and country Kanada symbolized a place of great riches, and as such, it is still used as an idiom for wealth in contemporary Poland. At Kanada, prisoner labor would open and sort the contents of the luggage for reutilization in the German war economy. This included clothing, personal possessions like hair brushes and tooth brushes, and eventually also byproducts of the killing process: such as, dental gold and human hair (used as fleece linings in military jackets). Also known as Effektenlager.
Kapo
Respectfully submitted
Charles
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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 15, 2006 7:56:37 GMT -7
Charles,
It is fine with me to add to anything I write...this is "a Forum"...a place to discuss and exchange information and ideas.
I believe I've mentioned before that my husband calls me "a closet researcher." I love these little tasks Jaga sets for us. I wish more Forum members would participate.
BTW, "Google" usually works well for me. I also like to use the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) and believe it or not...Amazon's reviews are sometimes very helpful.
GM
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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 15, 2006 8:18:17 GMT -7
Charles, 'The delphi url would not come through." I am sorry I just realized what you meant by this statement  You are correct the link I posted above does not comes through. Here is a link to the source that I originally used [http://history1900s.about.com/cs/auschwitz/index.htm]. Halfway down that page, is the link [Auschwitz Concentration Camp A short overview to the camp with links to specific information, including the women's camp, "Canada," and the family camp.] to the information I posted above. Sometimes the links at "About.com" come through well and intact; other times they do not. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry (no excuse!) and didn't test this one. GM |
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Post by Jaga on Feb 15, 2006 9:00:27 GMT -7
Charles, thanks for the detailed description!
It did have something to do with Canada in a symbolic sense since Canada did not cooperate in any ways with Nazi Germany, just like GM said - Canada was a symbol of prosperity
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Post by bescheid on Feb 15, 2006 14:45:56 GMT -7
GM
I know the url you are trying to access from Delphi. I did bring it up and your information is there correct on.
My confession on that Delphi access area of German, has left me with a very very high degree of irritation in the 1st degree. The web seems to concentrate on getting money out of a person, their information very seldom is with out some cost. And as the occasion arises, they seem to offer free of cost information, but try and access it??
I just gave up on them and when accidental I do access them by mistake, the delete button is very handy...
That is just my experience, most likely it is the way I hold my upper lip and keep my tongue stuck behind my front teeth.
Charles
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Post by bescheid on Feb 15, 2006 15:20:37 GMT -7
Jaga You are so nice! I tend to believe you have very similar sisters here in secret as you are all so very nice!  I understand what you are saying and your meaning, and it is good.. I just, out of courtesy, try not to out shine a person while they are authoring a presentation. I was just hoping GM or your self would not find fault with my addition as has been demonstrated as not the case, thank you.... Because of some sensitivities in concerns to the war years, and this is very understandable. I do try, in respect to possible sensitivities, to measure down certain information if it pertains to Poland. The Polish people suffered dearly in the war, what ever sensitivities are present today, no blame should ever be placed against them. Canada as you surmised, is special in many aspects. The country was little different then the USA after Pearl Habour and the war in Europe. Japanese, Italian and German families were rounded up into 26 prison camps scattered about the country. The Japanese were treated the worse. Their businesses, all property was confiscated and sold, to pay for their internment. Then after the war, some of the Japanese were deported back to Japan as undesirables. Well, long story, sorry become carried away Charles |
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Post by Jaga on Feb 15, 2006 23:51:55 GMT -7
Jaga You are so nice! I tend to believe you have very similar sisters here in secret as you are all so very nice! ... Charles Charles, it is you who are very nice always  I do not like to talk too much about the war but I have just too many memories ... from the memories of my family, films etc and I thought that this would be just a good educational stuff I wish I had some sisters-helpers  |
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You are correct the link I posted above does not comes through.
