What i find amazing is the sheer size of it. The picture is pretty large so you can zoom in and see actual visitors there. They are tiny compared to the suroundings
When I was a kid, I thought that concentration camp was a summer camp for people with ADHD.
Turns out the name on the tin is false advertising.
I’ve visited it recently. It’s very impressive and heart breaking. We must not forget the horrors that took place in these barracks and gas chambers.
This is Auschwitz I, right? AFAIK the nazis demolished all of Auschwitz II, which was the industrial (and larger) death factory facility, not the much more tame and palatable casual death factory… I am wrong!
No, this is Ausschwitz 2. You can see that most of the buildings are destroyed. Also you can make out the traintracks and the entry house where the famous photo was made. Some of the Barracks are still standing and are kept in the historical state as a museum and a memorial
From my vague recollection,
1: Main entrance. Trains would enter here and pull up to the long platform.
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Prisoner platform that ran a few hundreds meters in length.
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An officer/doctor would be at a table around here, and would evaluate in a moment whether they were to be sent to the housing sheds, (4) (6), or if they were to walk down to gas chambers located at 5.
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Intact “housing” sheds that have not been demolished and are currently preserved.
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Mass extermination gas chambers and four crematoriums.
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Razed “housing” sheds after the liberation of Auschwitz Berkenau (Auschwitz II). I think nearby residents and farmers took a lot of the material for rebuilding the area after the Nazi’s lost the camp to the Soviets.
Taking a tour around Auschwitz and Auschwitz II was a very sobering experience that left me quite numb… and while it was quite upsetting, worth doing if you can make the journey
Yeah if i remember correctly you are right. But I can add that at 5 the gas chambers are basically gone, but right behind them, the big grey area we see, is a big memorial that has been build afterwards.
Also i believe the building on the left was some kind of workcamp where a few prisoners were “allowed” to help kill their fellow prisoners in some way.
Source: Was there 2020 right before the pandemic. One day Ausschwitz 1, one day Ausschwitz 2. Harrowing experience, but I can still only recommend visiting both.
Why did they build it at an angle? No wonder those clowns lost the war.