Today, Weisz-Gut can see Auschwitz III-Monowitz, where her grandmother survived, from her bedroom window. She moved from Israel to join her Polish husband in Oświęcim, his hometown, in 2023 ...

and the synthetic rubber factory being built in nearby Monowitz. Himmler also witnessed the gassing of Jews, and he promoted Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz’s commandant, to SS Lieutenant Colonel.

In 1942, Auschwitz III, also known as Buna or Monowitz, opened near the town of Monowice to house more forced laborers. The Nazis made prisoners work on large farms, in coal mines, in weapons ...