Birkenau Rail Entrance: The Hole in the World

This is the Birkenau rail entrance, the largest killing center in the entire Nazi system. Beyond the gate is what is generally known as “the ramp”.If you continue to look through this site, you...

Birkenau Quarantine Latrines

There was no privacy, very little water for washing and little or no opportunity for personal cleanliness in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Prisoners were often afflicted with typhus and other diarrhea-producing illnesses.The latrines in this barrack serviced seventeen...

Birkenau Electrified Fence

This electrified fence, and its guard towers, is at the extreme outer edge of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Out of the picture to its left are the barracks of “A” lager. This was the quarantine section of the men’s...

Concentration camp of Birkenau Photo List

Introduction Map List of Photos CreditsBirkenau Photos# Title Description1 The Hole in the World Rail entrance to Auschwitz/Birkenau.2 Inside Out Personnel and truck entrance3 The Ramp The unloading Ramp at Auschwitz/Birkenau.4 Doppelgänger Rail Switch on the Ramp5 Guard Tower on the Ramp6 The End of...

Birkenau Little Wood (#1)

Birkenau Little Wood After they got off the transports the Jews selected for immediate extermination were brought here to await their sad fate. The road runs between two Krematoria, IV and V. Just in front of the tree...

Alan Jacobs Birkenau Photographer

 Alan Jacobshas been to Auschwitz and Birkenau many times. During those visits, he interviewed numerous survivors and took many photographs of the camps. He also spent many hours viewing artifacts, art and photographs stored...

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