Photos: Birkenau

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Birkenau concentration camp. Main gate.
Main gate.
Birkenau. Looking back toward main gate from within the camp.
Birkenau. Tracks within the camp as seen from the main gate watchtower.
Birkenau. Looking toward main gate from center of unloading platform.
Birkenau. Track switch within camp.
Birkenau. Buildings at opposite end of camp from main gate.
Birkenau. Fence around women's camp. (One section of brick buildings was used for women continuously. The other section of brick buildings was used for men until 1943 and thereafter for women.)
Birkenau. Fence around women's camp.
Birkenau. Women's camp kitchen.
Birkenau. Barracks at women's camp.
Birkenau. Stove inside barracks.
Birkenau. Latrines.
Birkenau. Inside brick barracks.
Birkenau. Bunks within brick buildings.
Birkenau. Bunks within brick buildings.
Birkenau. Bunks within brick buildings.
Birkenau. Washroom.
Birkenau. Barracks washroom.
Birkenau. Wooden buildings in quarantine area. They once served as stables housing 52 horses each. They were converted for the use of up to 1,000 prisoners each.
Birkenau. Interior of wooden barracks once used as a stable.
Birkenau. Detail of wooden barracks showing ring from the time when the building was used as a stable.
Birkenau. Interior of wooden barracks showing heating device.
Birkenau. Wooden latrine in quarantine area.
Birkenau. Memorial to victims of Birkenau.
Birkenau. Model of crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.
Birkenau. Destroyed gas chamber and crematorium.

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