PART II

n March 1941 the architect Hans Stosberg submitted a draft of the town development plan. According to the proposed plan 9,000 people were to live in the old part of Auschwitz and two newly designed districts would consist of 16,500 people in Auschwitz East and 10,000 in Auschwitz West. In addition, two suburban housing developments were to be established in the villages of Stare Stawy and Zaborze for 11,500 people.

The management of IG Farben emphasized that they intended not only to erect a new plant but also transform the town. This redevelopment was to make Auschwitz reflect and resemble comparable industrial areas in west and central Germany.

Many times Stosberg modified his initial plan, mainly, with regard to IG Farben. He presented its final version in March 1943 increasing the planned number of the town inhabitants to 40,000. Proposed further expansion included construction of two external and satellite housing developments near Auschwitz for SS-men and their families, which would bring the total population to approximately 100,000 people.

Only a partial section of the IG Farben residential blocks and a few streets were completed from Stosberg’s designs.

Plan of the town, a red line marks a new stretch of road in the center of the town, which was one of the first decisions concerning changes in the town.

General plan of the town redevelopment for Auschwitz from 1941, also including the camp borders.