About the author 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...

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

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...

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...

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 Wires  < National Socialist Totem |  Home |  Auschwitz/Birkenau – Roll Call > Auschwitz I © 1980, 1996 Alan Jacobs all rights reserved

  Portrait of the Master Home | National Socialist Totem > Auschwitz I © 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...