1 of every 6 Jewish people that were killed during the Holocaust died at Auschwitz concentration camp.
== After the war ===== Trials of war criminals ===Only 789 Auschwitz staff, up to 15 percent, ever stood trial; most of the cases were pursued in Poland and the Federal Republic of Germany
On 25 November 1947, the Auschwitz trial began in Krakw, when Poland's Supreme National Tribunal brought to court 40 former Auschwitz staff, including commandant Arthur Liebehenschel, women's camp leader Maria Mandel, and camp leader Hans Aumeier

