Auschwitz-Birkenau

Views of the Auschwitz State Museum, former Death Camp built by Nazi Germany on the territory of Poland, Upper Silesia which became the center of mass killing during the Holocaust. Photos were taken in June 2007 and show the camp from entry in the rear, rather than through the infamous SS Entry gate to the camp. The Auschwitz State Museum has gone through many changes marking sites in the camp better to understand the complexity of the victimization of Jews and others. Auschwitz has become a center for international conferences of scholars, politicians dealing with new problems of multi-culturalism and intolerance, and ethicists examing the salient issues that made Germany, a country rich in culture and science, turn to mass murder during 1933-1945.

View of Birkenau from main road, chimneys from heating stoves in barracks which were removed after World War II	Entrance to Birkenau near remains of crematoria IV and V, sometimes called the "Forest Crematoria." All the killing facilities were destroyed by the Germans when they retreated from Auschwitz in December 1994	Photo from the "Auschwitz Album" showing the arrival of Hungarian Jews in May 1944	Remains of Crematorium V
Remains of Crematorium V and diagram of architetural layout (this row)
Details of the layout of Crematorium V	German photo of Crematoriaum V	Photos taken by prisoner of burning of corpses	Photo taken by prisoner of burning of corpses
Monument and photos of burning of bodies	Monument to victims in four languages: Polish, Yiddish, English and Hebrew	Monument inscribed in English	Monument inscribed in Yiddish
Monument inscribed in Hebrew	Monument inscribed in Polish	Remains of Crematorium IV, site of the Sonderkommando Uprising, October 7, 1944	Didactic panel on uprising of October 7, 1944
Diagram of Crematorium IV	Undressing barracks near Crematorium IV	Detials about undressing procedures. Personal effects were sent to Germany or to the "Kanada" ("Canada") warehouses near Crematorium IV	Detials about undressing procedures. Personal effects were sent to Germany or to the "Kanada" ("Canada") warehouses near Crematorium IV
Information about "Kanada Commando"	Looted items from victims on display	Looted items from victims on display	Looted items from victims on display
Sauna area for disinfection of prisoners who would become slave laborers	Disinfection room: room for shaving or cutting hair	Disinfection room: room for shaving or cutting hair. Glass floor has been added to preserve original installation.	Disinfection showers
Didactic panel about showers	Didactic panel about showers	Part of sauna installation for disinfection of clothes	Photo showing prisoners operating disinfection equipment
Photo showing prisoners operating disinfetion equipment	Photo showing prisoners operating disinfection equipment	Disinfection room door	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007
Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007
Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007
Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007
Photographs of victims from town of Bedzin and other areas found in suitcases of victims. This is a new display dating from 2007	Exterior of the disinfection building	Remains of Kanada warehouses	Remains of Kanada warehouses
Remains of water/sewage processing plant. These facilities were observable from areal photos taken by the Allies in 1944	Birkenau Guard Tower	Map of Birkenau	Map of Birkenau
Details of map	Remains of Crematorium III	Remains of Crematorium III and caved-in roof	Remains of Crematorium III showing steel rebars on column and used in roof support
Remains of Crematorium II	Remains of Crematorium II	Remains of Crematorium II	Remains of Crematorium II
Remains of Crematorium II	Remains of Crematorium II	Remains of Crematorium II	Remains of Crematorium III from exit/entrance road
Women's barracks from ramp	Women's barracks from ramp	View from end of the railroad ramp in the camp looking toward SS entrance building

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