The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazi regime. It included three main camps. All three camps used prisoners for forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center. The camps were located approximately 37 miles west of Krakow.
The frequency of a sound wave determines what people hear as pitch. A higher frequency has a higher pitch, and a lower frequency is heard as a lower pitch. The frequencies that humans can hear range from 20 to 20,000 Hertz. Continue Reading.
High frequency sounds are usually shrill like a whistle whereas low frequency sounds are more like the deep hum of an amplified bass instrument. The highest frequency that most humans can hear is 20,000 cycles per second or 20,000 Hz. This limit gets lower as humans age. Older people generally donât have as large of a hearing range as younger people.