Birkenau Krematorium IV Ruins (#3)

Birkenau Krematorium IV Ruins All that is left of Krematoriun IV. It was burned by the Sonderkommando in their revolt of October, 1944 and subsequently dismantled by the SS before running from the advancing Soviet...

Birkenau Krematorium V (#1)

Birkenau Krematorium V Floor This is the floor of the gas chamber at Krematorium V, Birkenau. Life somehow manages to prevail, even though one would think nothing could ever flourish here. This simple moss is a fitting...

Birkenau Krematorium V Furnace Walls (#2)

This blackened and charred pile of bricks are all that remain of the walls of the double, four muffle furnace of Krematorium V. < Birkenau Krematorium V |  Birkenau Krematorium V Ruins>> Map | List...

Birkenau Krematorium V Ruins (#3)

These are the ruins of Krematorium V at Birkenau. The number and size of the death and disposal facilities here illustrate just how extensive was the Nazi plan to exterminate all the Jews they could...

Birkenau railway line: The End of the Line

Birkenau Railway Line end Long trains of cattle cars hauled their cargo of humans to this unloading ramp inside Auschwitz-Birkenau, or to other ramps very close by. They were brought from all over Europe: the Greek...

Birkenau Shower- Right Side of the Little Wood

Birkenau - Right Side of the Little Wood This is the right side of the Little Wood. People were made to wait here for what they had been told was a disinfecting Birkenau shower. The ruins...

Birkenau Ash Pond Photo

Into this pond were dumped the ashes of many tens of thousands of people, mostly Jews, who were gassed at Krematorium IV, just behind and to the left. The “little wood” can be seen behind...

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