This project examines the operational and managerial efficiencies or lack thereof within the Auschwitz concentration camp operated by the Nazis during World War II as part of the Final Solution. In order to examine both the efficiencies and inefficiencies of the camp, it is necessary to consider the founding, construction, administrative layout, basic processes, overall goals, and the way in which the Auschwitz camps affected prisoners and administrators. The proposed result of this examination is to weigh whether the policies and practices within Auschwitz I and III effectively implemented the objectives of Volkstrum and Lebensraum within the Reich's empire. While frequently thought of as a single entity, Auschwitz actually had two main camps (Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau), the third biggest sub-camp was Auschwitz III - Monowitz; it was one of the 40 subsidiary camps (Nebelager) [that] arose. This project focuses on two of the main camps within Auschwitz. The first is Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp. The second is Auschwitz III - Monowitz, this was one of the largest sub-camps at Auschwitz and was located immediately outside of the IG Farbenindustrie factory. This focus promotes a concentrated discussion on the stated area of interest. They also have a sufficient body of primary and secondary sources covering all aspects. Primarily, this project draws from secondary monographs that cite primary source material - official correspondence, first-hand accounts, interviews, speeches, memoirs and similar reference materials.