Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on The Kitchens and Food of Auschwitz. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 14 page paper looks at the kitchens and food provision which was present in the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps. The paper looks at the three camps and the kitchen facilitates, the way food was received, prepared and distributed and the problems associated with the food which led to starvation. The type of food, calorific content and quality issues are also discussed. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Page Count:
14 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS65_TEausfood.doc
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
that the gas chambers and the other forms executions were not the only forms of genocide; murder by malnutrition also appears to have been common. Lifton (1986) argues that
the food rations given to the prisoners would only allow them to live for a period of three months before emaciation would set in. After only a few weeks on
the meagre rations the prisoners would start to show signs of exhaustion (HEART, 2012). Following the Soviet liberation of the camp of the 2,819 sick prisoners who were subsequently examined,
91% were found to be suffering from extreme exhaustion along with starvation (CCIGCP, 1946). In addition, autopsies where conducted on 536 corpses; the results found 474 of the victims had
died of starvation (CCIGCP, 1946). From this it is clearly apparent that the prisoners were not gaining sufficient food. The reasons for the poor food supply were not the
result of a lack of kitchen facilities. Auschwitz was a network of camps; each had their own kitchen facilities. At Auschwitz I, the main concentration camp, kitchen was the largest
of all the buildings on the camp. It was located near the Macht Frei gate, to the right as one entered the camp (Anonymous, 2009). The kitchen, which was recognisable
by the long row of 12 brick chimneys was painted white during the operation of the camp (Anonymous, 2009). It was reported by Felderer, when giving evidence at the well
publicized trial "false news" trial, that this kitchen was the largest of all the building and well equipped. The kitchen, which would have been operated by prisoners, had its own
butchery section, a bakery and a dietary section (Felderer, 1988). In a kitchen which was preparation of bread and soup so it is unsurprising that there was a section for
...