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Auschwitz & Birkenau

ANATOMY OF GENOCIDE

"Auschwitz" is the German name the Nazis gave to the little town of Oswiecim, Poland.
At the beginning World War II Auschwitz and the nearby Birkenau became the location of largest concentration and extermination camps the world has ever known.
A systematic murdering of thousands of people of specific races (not just Jews) and other nations' members happened there,
with atrocities the world has never seen. The word Genocide was introduced there for the first time in the human history .
2,900,000 (two million, nine hundred thousand) Jews were murdered by the Germans in Poland alone.
No words can really convey the concept of a human tragedy of such large scale in an effort to describe the German atrocities during World War II.
Birkenau Concentration camp is shown in the second part of this gallery.
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Portraits of the Dead
Portraits of the Dead		 Not Just a Number
Not Just a Number		 Block 10 Medical Experiments
Block 10 Medical Experiments		 Execution Yard
Execution Yard		 Execution Yard Description
Execution Yard Description
The Death Wall
The Death Wall		 Token of Flowers
Token of Flowers		 Block 11 The Evil of Death
Block 11 The Evil of Death		 Torture Cells List
Torture Cells List		 SS Officer On-Duty Room
SS Officer On-Duty Room
Temporary Morgue
Temporary Morgue		 Pre-Execution Womens' Washroom
Pre-Execution Womens' Washroom		 Pre-Execution Mens' Washroom
Pre-Execution Mens' Washroom 		No Escape
No Escape 		Halt! ... Stop!
Halt! ... Stop!
Blocks 19-21 , 28
Blocks 19-21 , 28		 Blocks 19-21 , 28 Description
Blocks 19-21 , 28 Description		 Transport to Death
Transport to Death		 Hiding Places
Hiding Places		 Anne Frank Family
Anne Frank Family
Secret Hiding Passage.
Secret Hiding Passage.		 Image or Words -T
Image or Words -T		 57,000 Victim Names
57,000 Victim Names 		New Transport Arrival
New Transport Arrival		 Throw Books into the Fire!
"Throw Books into the Fire!"
No Inter-Race Marriage
"No Inter-Race Marriage"		 Exterminate the Jewish Race
"Exterminate the Jewish Race"		 Salute the Leader
Salute the Leader		 Geography of Murder
Geography of Murder		 Jewish Resistance Witness Video
Jewish Resistance Witness Video
Guard Tower
Guard Tower		 Electrified Barbed Wires
Electrified Barbed Wires		 The Hungarian Holocaust Block 18
The Hungarian Holocaust Block 18		 Deportation Rail Car Memorial
Deportation Rail Car Memorial		 Margit Schwartz
Margit Schwartz
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Guest 19-Mar-2024 14:25
Excellent presentation of what those barbaric bastards did in WWII.
Thank you for presenting.
Kevin Warren14-Jul-2019 13:21
Powerful gallery, frightening, disturbing and inconceivable - which is why it is so important to be reminded of these inconceivable atrocities.
Fay Stout11-Nov-2018 14:32
There are no words!
Your photos are excellent documenting the horrors of what happened. They are tragic. They are disturbing. My heart aches when seeing this. How can human beings be so cruel and so evil? Why? May we never forget!!! Thank you for sharing this with us. This all occurred only a few years before I was born. It is truly overwhelming! And to this day, we still are dealing with hate! And again I ask why? Are we not better than this? Tears come to my eyes as I see the photos, read your captions and reflect on the horror of it all. V
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