Photos: Majdanek Death Camp Barracks and Shoes

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Barracks at Majdanek death camp.
Barracks at Majdanek.
Barracks at Majdanek.
Barracks. At first, inmates slept on straw-filled pallets placed directly on the dirt floors. The barracks themselves were prefabricated horse barns.
Later, bunk beds were constructed getting inmates off the ground, but leaving very little floor space.
Bunks used by prisoners at Majdanek death camp.
Bunks used by prisoners at the camp.
Bunks used by prisoners at the camp.
Sign indicating the overcrowding and lack of sanitation in the barracks.
A row of barracks.
A row of barracks.
A room full of shoes confiscated from murdered prisoners.
Wire bins of prisoners' shoes from a warehouse.
Wire bins of shoes from a warehouse.
Closeup of shoes in a wire bin at the camp. Shoes were confiscated from prisoners murdered at the camp.
Closeup of prisoners' shoes in a wire bin at the camp.
Closeup of prisoners' shoes.
Closeup of prisoners' shoes.
Closeup of prisoners' shoes.
Closeup of prisoners' shoes.

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