Alan Jacobs
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...
Alan Jacobs
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...
Alan Jacobs
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...
Alan Jacobs
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...
Alan Jacobs
Concentration camp of Birkenau – Help page
This exhibit is arranged around a map of Birkenau. On the map, you can see many places which are labeled with red rectangles. Each one of those rectangles is a hot spot - clicking...
Alan Jacobs
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
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...
Alan Jacobs
Birkenau Concentration Camp Photos and Map
Please note that the links on this map may not work on mobile phones and some browsers. Below the map are links to each section of the map as well.
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