Sunday, July 24, 2011

Oświęcim

These are the unedited photos that I snapped on a weekend trip from Gdańsk to Oświęcim. This is the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camps. 
Entrance

This is all that remains of the cremains from the crematoria at the camps. 

Zyklon-B on display.

Empty cans of Zyklon-B.

Glasses.

Suitcases.

Suitcases and baskets.

Assorted children's effects.

Baby clothes.

Hair and shaving brushes.

Assorted brushes, seized by guards upon arrival.

Execution wall.

Execution wall.

Execution wall.

Gate to summary execution yard.

Perimeter fences.

Gas Chamber.

Crematory Retort.

Crematory Room.

Crematory Retort.

Perimeter fence.

View of Birkenau from main tower.

Toliets.

Interior of Bunk House.

Heating system in Bunk House.

Flower.

Bunks.

Bunks.

View from bunk window.

Bunks.

Main Guardhouse and Gate.

Flower.

Gatehouse.

Gate. "Work will free you" in German.

Gate.