Birkenau entrance gate to one of the two large extermination areas. This is the entrance to one of the two large extermination areas in Birkenau. During the time of the camp, a fence made of branches surrounded it,...

Birkenau Men's Barrack Wooden barrack at BIIa, and used throughout the camp, originally designed as a horse stable. People were forced to sleep as many as six, and sometimes eight on each hutch level. These barracks were...

Birkenau Mexico Fence Small prisoner standing at attention during roll call. < Birkenau Fence Lamp | Birkenau Men's Barracks >  Map | List of Photos | Home

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...

This is the unloading Birkenau ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In the spring and summer of 1944, long lines of cattle cars full of Hungarian Jews were shunted to this siding and unloaded. After a selection by an...

This Birkenau ramp switch and signal preside over the Nazi killing center near the rail entrance to Birkenau. A Doppelgänger is a ghostly counterpart and companion to a person. It is usually visible only to...

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 Sauna This is where prisoners selected for slave labor were processed. Often people would have to wait outside naked in any weather. Here they would have to give up all their remaining possessions: money, jewels, even...