Today in our journal reading we discussed this idea of "Canada" in Auschwitz. The Holocaust time period consisted of a lot of stealing. After inferior races were sent to the extermination camp of Auschwitz, they were stripped of their clothing and belongings. There clothing and belongings were then piled up in rows of 30 barracks. These piles of belongings became the biggest black market for Germany, known was "Canada". Anything from food to a variety of other items were constantly being stolen, sold, or traded. Below is a photo of a barrack that contained shoes of those who were stripped of there clothes and belongings.
It's amazing to think that the stuff that was found was only 1/6 of what they actually had. The Nazis burned everything when the Soviets were coming so to imagine the wealth that they must have had before is crazy.
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