11 November 1941 | On the day celebrated in Poland as Independence Day, the first execution by a shot in the back of the head at a close range using a small-caliber silent gun took place in the German Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp.It was done in the courtyard of Block 11, at the execution wall, also called “the Death Wall.” The condemned prisoners were led to the wall one by one, naked, with their hands tied behind. Before the execution, each of them had his camp number written on the chest.