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Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau Cremation Pit
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...
Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau Canada
"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...
Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau China
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.
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Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau Roll Call
Roll Call
Auschwitz Fence Lamp | Home { Auschwitz/Birkenau ChinaPrisoners' 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...
Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau Hell’s Gate
Hell's Gate
< Auschwitz/Birkenau Black Wall | Home | Black Flower of Brzezinka >The main entrance to Birkenau viewed from the unloading ramp.
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Alan Jacobs
Black Flower of Brzezinka
The Black Flower of Brzezinka
< Auschwitz/Birkenau Hell’s Gate | Home | Auschwitz/Birkenau – Krematorium IIThe spotlight in the main tower over the entrance to the unloading ramp at Birkenau. Under it rolled the transports...
Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau Krematorium II
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...
Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz/Birkenau Krematorium II interior
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.
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