Auschwitz/Birkenau The Commandant’s Office

Auschwitz/Birkenau

The Commandant’s Office

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Auschwitz/Birkenau The Commandant's Office

Once Commandant Rudolf Hoess’s office.

At the time this photograph was taken, this room was occupied by Auschwitz Museum director Kazimerz Smolen, for five years a prisoner in the camp.

The view is of the gas chamber and Krematorium I.

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