1945 Event Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) 1944 Event Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz and Birkenau crematoriums 1944 Event Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau 1944 Event Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp 1943 Event 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp 1943 Event 1st Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau 1943 Event Crematory III at Birkenau is finished 1942 Event 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau 1942 Event 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps 1941 Event Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built
