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...

The concentration and death-camp complex at Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest killing center in the entire Nazi universe; the very heart of their system. Of the many sub-camps affiliated with Auschwitz, Birkenau, or Auschwitz II,...

Introduction Map List of Photos Credits Birkenau Photos # Title Description 1 The Hole in the World Rail entrance to Auschwitz/Birkenau. 2 Inside Out Personnel and truck entrance 3 The Ramp The unloading Ramp at Auschwitz/Birkenau. 4 Doppelgänger Rail Switch on the Ramp 5 Guard Tower on the Ramp 6 The End of...

  Alan Jacobs has 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...

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. ...

Grate over the Krematorium in the roll call square. < Mauthausen Concentration Camp Gas Chamber | Mauthausen Disposing of the Murdered > Mauthausen Map – Home | Introduction | Credits

There were many different ways to kill prisoners at Mauthausen and at first gassing was not needed. But as more and more prisoners were transported to the camp, it became necessary. The SS even converted a...

New arrivals at the “Klagemauer” (wailing wall) after a week long trip in open railway cars. Date: 1943-1944 Photo credit: National Archives, USHMM Photo Archives Newly arrived prisoners were subjected to an initiation ritual: standing at attention...