The name of Auschwitz in Polish
Arbeit Macht Frei - Work Sets You Free
The first of the barracks in Auschwitz were made of brick
They were sent from all over Europe to Auschwitz
Zyklon B canisters
The next few are of confiscated items
Brushes of various sorts
Quarters of an SS Officer located in one of the barracks
Portable gallows
The Wall of Death
People entering below the infamous sign under very different circumstances
The main commandant of Auschwitz - Rudolf Hoess - was eventually hanged on this site. During Auschwitz's operation as a death camp he lived with his wife and children in a house on the camp site
The first 'experimental' gas chamber and crematorium
The entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Known as the 'Gate of Death'
The ramp where 'selection' took place
Chimneys are all that remains of these wooden barracks after they were burned down by the Nazis
A restored train wagon used to transport Hungarian Jews. The restoration was paid for by Frank Lowy, whose own father was killed at Auschwitz for refusing to hand over his prayer shawl and tefillin
I don't think these photos have captured the size of Birkenau
Ditches were constructed just before the electrified perimeter fence to make escape even more difficult
A watchtower
The final stop to the Birkenau gas chambers and crematoria
The memorial
The room where those about to be gassed were forced to undress
The gas chamber in the foreground and the crematorium in the background
The actual steps leading to the undressing room
The undressing room. The roof collapsed when the Nazis blew-up the chambers
The gas chamber
The crematorium
Four women to each layer of a bunk
Survivors - I didn't take this last photo but thought it appropriate to end today's post
