This exhibit contrasts contemporary photographs of these two camps, with Auschwitz Museum survivor paintings of what they were like 1940-45 as remembered by artist-survivors.   Auschwitz Museum survivor paintings - Then and Now Auschwitz Then and...

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...

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...

"Canada" and Small Spoons < Cremation Pit | Home  | Shoes > Jews were told to bring their essential belongings on the transport to "Relocation". Immediately on unloading, these were taken away and sorted in large warehouses...

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...

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...

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

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...