Birkenau Ramp Switch: Doppelganger

This Birkenau ramp switch and signal preside over the Nazi killing center near the rail entrance to Birkenau.

Birkenau Ramp Switch

A Doppelgänger is a ghostly counterpart and companion to a person. It is usually visible only to himself and haunts him throughout life. This particular one, made visible for the rest of us, continues to haunt its Nazi counterparts even in death.

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