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The famous sign that hangs above the gate to Auschwitz I
(translation: work means freedom!)
The cream coloured building you can see just inside the gate used to be the kitchen
Roughly where the group of people are standing was where the band used to play both in the mornings when the prisoners went out to work and in the evenings when they returned
The blocks (buildings where the prisoners were forced to sleep, often 100 - 700 people in each building)
Each block had a number sign out the front so the block number could be easily identified.
One of the many watch towers at the fence
Block 11 (aka the Death block)
The execution wall. If the prisoners were not shot here then they were sometimes shot in the bathrooms whilst getting changed.
These posts were used for torturing prisoners. They would be hung up by their hands, forcing their shoulders to dislocate, and left hanging there from any length of time as was deemed necessary by the guards.
One of the watch towers, just outside block 11
The roll call square! The prisoners were forced to stand here until roll call was complete. The longest role call lasted for 19hrs!
This was where the guard doing the roll call would stand, protected from the rain and snow!
The view back down the rows of blocks from the roll call square
The posts you can see have a bar that runs along the top and this place was often used for the hangings of prisoners
The two buildings you can see are both outside the fence and were used by the Nazis.
Each fence had two separate barbed wire fences that stood about a meter apart. Both fences were electric.
You can see the chimney which was the chimney of the crematorium at Auschwitz I. This lay outside the camp itself.
This building was used for the administration of the camp - logging and keeping of records of all the prisoners within the camp
This building was the hospital for the guards and Nazis living and working at the camp
Through the trees was where the commandants house lay. He lived there with his wife and 5 children.
This was the where they hung the Commandant towards the end of the war for all the crimes he had committed whilst running the concentration camp.
The chimney and the roof of the crematorium. It was located underground and was turned into a bunker for German soliders towards the end of the war. It is the only remaining crematorium at both camps.
The entrance to the crematorium.
The outside of the concentration camp
The sign below warns that the fence is electric!
On our way to Auschwitz II - Birkenau, just as near the fence is a little town, here you can see the houses!
The back entrance to the camp!
The back fence and a watch tower
The ruins of crematorium 3
The view from the monument at the end of the railway line back towards the main gate of the camp.
The monument errected as a sign of rememberance for all those who died in the concentration camps.
The ruins of crematorium 3
The plaque placed below the monument to serve as a warning and a reminder of the horrors that occured here during 1940 - 1945
The rain tracks leading from the main gate right into the camp
The ruins of crematorium 2
The entrance to crematorium 2 and what would have been the change rooms
Our guide, caught at a rather bad moment, standing in front of crematorium 2
The ruins of where the showers would have been. To the left was where the actual crematorium part was
The view back towards the monument and the back fo the camp
The huts! The camp was divided into two sections so that it would be more managable. This section was the section to the right.
This was where one of the photos, hanging up in the museum, was taken showing a guard giving the inspection. If the people were sent to the right they crossed the tracks and came to stand just where I was standing when I took the photo, before being led down to the crematorium.
This was the sectionon the left where many of the building were destroyed, leaving only the chimneys standing.
The main gate!
The wooden huts were found towards the front of the camp. As the camp grew larger, brick huts were later built to house all the prisoners.
The view from the main gate back along the tracks towards the crematorium and the monument.
The wooden huts
The lavatory. There were long rows of these in one half of the building and the other half was where wash triughs used to be.
There were gaps both above and below the walls between the floor, walls and ceiling, which made the huts extra cold in winter.
The bunk beds. The thing running down the middle of the room was a chimney. There were two fireplaces at either end of the hut but there was often never enough wood to keep them burning and they were unable to heat the hut very well.
The bunk beds. There were two bunks placed side by side, as you can kind of see below, to make more room for people to sleep.
(translation: work means freedom!)
The cream coloured building you can see just inside the gate used to be the kitchen
Roughly where the group of people are standing was where the band used to play both in the mornings when the prisoners went out to work and in the evenings when they returned
The blocks (buildings where the prisoners were forced to sleep, often 100 - 700 people in each building)
Each block had a number sign out the front so the block number could be easily identified.
One of the many watch towers at the fence
Block 11 (aka the Death block)
The execution wall. If the prisoners were not shot here then they were sometimes shot in the bathrooms whilst getting changed.
These posts were used for torturing prisoners. They would be hung up by their hands, forcing their shoulders to dislocate, and left hanging there from any length of time as was deemed necessary by the guards.
One of the watch towers, just outside block 11
The roll call square! The prisoners were forced to stand here until roll call was complete. The longest role call lasted for 19hrs!
This was where the guard doing the roll call would stand, protected from the rain and snow!
The view back down the rows of blocks from the roll call square
The posts you can see have a bar that runs along the top and this place was often used for the hangings of prisoners
The two buildings you can see are both outside the fence and were used by the Nazis.
Each fence had two separate barbed wire fences that stood about a meter apart. Both fences were electric.
You can see the chimney which was the chimney of the crematorium at Auschwitz I. This lay outside the camp itself.
This building was used for the administration of the camp - logging and keeping of records of all the prisoners within the camp
This building was the hospital for the guards and Nazis living and working at the camp
Through the trees was where the commandants house lay. He lived there with his wife and 5 children.
This was the where they hung the Commandant towards the end of the war for all the crimes he had committed whilst running the concentration camp.
The chimney and the roof of the crematorium. It was located underground and was turned into a bunker for German soliders towards the end of the war. It is the only remaining crematorium at both camps.
The entrance to the crematorium.
The outside of the concentration camp
The sign below warns that the fence is electric!
On our way to Auschwitz II - Birkenau, just as near the fence is a little town, here you can see the houses!
The back entrance to the camp!
The back fence and a watch tower
The ruins of crematorium 3
The view from the monument at the end of the railway line back towards the main gate of the camp.
The monument errected as a sign of rememberance for all those who died in the concentration camps.
The ruins of crematorium 3
The plaque placed below the monument to serve as a warning and a reminder of the horrors that occured here during 1940 - 1945
The rain tracks leading from the main gate right into the camp
The ruins of crematorium 2
The entrance to crematorium 2 and what would have been the change rooms
Our guide, caught at a rather bad moment, standing in front of crematorium 2
The ruins of where the showers would have been. To the left was where the actual crematorium part was
The view back towards the monument and the back fo the camp
The huts! The camp was divided into two sections so that it would be more managable. This section was the section to the right.
This was where one of the photos, hanging up in the museum, was taken showing a guard giving the inspection. If the people were sent to the right they crossed the tracks and came to stand just where I was standing when I took the photo, before being led down to the crematorium.
This was the sectionon the left where many of the building were destroyed, leaving only the chimneys standing.
The main gate!
The wooden huts were found towards the front of the camp. As the camp grew larger, brick huts were later built to house all the prisoners.
The view from the main gate back along the tracks towards the crematorium and the monument.
The wooden huts
The lavatory. There were long rows of these in one half of the building and the other half was where wash triughs used to be.
There were gaps both above and below the walls between the floor, walls and ceiling, which made the huts extra cold in winter.
The bunk beds. The thing running down the middle of the room was a chimney. There were two fireplaces at either end of the hut but there was often never enough wood to keep them burning and they were unable to heat the hut very well.
The bunk beds. There were two bunks placed side by side, as you can kind of see below, to make more room for people to sleep.
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