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Auschwitz was a Nazi-built extermination camp (that means that its sole purpose was to kill the detainees, and not to keep them just barely alive) in Poland.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
There was mistake made by the railroad operators and they got sent to Auschwitz. There wasn't any kind of trickery or deceit, it was just an accident.
The extermination camp was located in Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II. However, in the other camps that made up the Auschwitz group or complex, prisoners were worked to death on inadequate rations. Please see the related question.
Chief of the ss Heinrich himmler ordered the estadlishment of Auschwitz in April 1940.