Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Black and white photo with rows of barbed wire in the foreground, fences, watchtower and long building with tower in centre in background, Auschwitz-Birkenau

Sights that defy belief.

Black and white photo of large photo showing people burning dead bodies, text below in Polish and English, KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau 1944, burning the dead bodies of victims of mass murder, photograph taken illegally by member of the Sonderkommando', Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland
Black and white photo of pile of tin cannisters, each opened at one end, text on label: Giftgas! with skull and crossbones symbol below, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland
Black and white photo of large pile of of old shoes, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland

Words that defy comprehension.

Black and white photo of memorial plaque on cobblestone step, text: 'For ever let this place be a cry of despair and a warning to humanity, where the Nazis murdered about one and a half million men, women and children, mainly Jews from many countries of Europe Auschwitz-Birkenau 1940 - 1945'

Guide in Birkenau: ‘You will probably be here longer today than most of the prisoners who arrived here. Around 80% were sent directly to the gas chambers.’

Black and white photo of sign in front of wooden building, wooden watchtower in the background to the right, text on sign in Polish, English and Hebrew, English text reads: In this barrack SS doctors and nurses murdered newborn babies and their mothers by phenol injections.' Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland

Guide in Auschwitz: ‘Hitler promised to make Germany great again.’

Black and white photograph showing sign on stand in grassy area with long brick building with high watchtower in the centre in the background, text in Polish, English and Hebrew, text reads: 'In this barrack, from the end of 1942, men and women, mostly Jews, were used for criminal sterilization experiments performed by the Nazi physicians: Prof. Carl Clauberg and Dr. Horst Schumann. The majority of the prisoners died either during the experiments or as a result of them.' Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland

I have no words.

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