Auschwitz Photos by Alan Jacobs

Cremation Pit < Krematorium II interior |  Home |  Auschwitz/Birkenau Canada > In 1944, when the four Birkenau Krematoria could no longer keep pace with the rate of destruction, some 20,000 bodies a day were burned...

Krematorium II Interior < Auschwitz/Birkenau Krematorium II |  Home | Cremation Pit > Interior, Krematorium II at Birkenau, blown up by the Nazis in Janurary 1945, just before they evacuated the camp. © 1980, 1996 Alan Jacobs all...

Krematorium II < Black Flower of Brzezinka | Home | Auschwitz/Birkenau – Krematorium II interior > Inside the collapsed roof of Krematorium II at Birkenau, blown up by the Nazis before the evacuation of the camp. Outside, is...

The Black Flower of Brzezinka < Auschwitz/Birkenau Hell’s Gate |  Home |  Auschwitz/Birkenau – Krematorium II The spotlight in the main tower over the entrance to the unloading ramp at Birkenau. Under it rolled the transports...

Hell's Gate < Auschwitz/Birkenau Black Wall |  Home | Black Flower of Brzezinka > The main entrance to Birkenau viewed from the unloading ramp. © 1980, 1996 Alan Jacobs all rights reserved

The Only Way Out < Auschwitz/Birkenau Anteroom to the Gas | Home | Auschwitz/Birkenau Hell’s Gate  > After an execution at the Black Wall, Block 11 prisoners' bodies were hauled to Krematorium I. Art courtesy ARCHIWUM Panstwowego Muzeum w...

Roll Call Auschwitz Fence Lamp |  Home {  Auschwitz/Birkenau China Prisoners' wooden shoes at the Auschwitz Museum Archives. They were the source of much pain, suffering and death. Ill fitting and rough, they caused blisters and sores, even...

China < Auschwitz/Birkenau Roll Call |  Home |  Auschwitz/Birkenau Prayer Shawls > Simple enamel containers, stacked and at rest now, in the Auschwitz Museum Archive. A multipurpose utility: dish, bowl, wash basin, pillow, chamber pot.   © 1980, 1996...