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Europe 2011/12 - Day 37 - Krakow & Auschwitz
day tour to Auschwitz - time to see some history and understand it just a bit more
onwards!
the layout of the guided tour at Auschwitz I
tour guide - “no that isnt the crematorium. that the kitchen. thats why theres chimneys”
the reconstructed gate
the double barbed fences
the buildings
from where the prisoners in Auschwitz came from
the sheer number
those were the Hungarian Jews who just got off the cattle trains, promised something “new”
maps of Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II Birkenau, Auschwitz III Monowitz
cans which the Germans used in the gas chambers - they failed to destory the evidence of this
a model of the layout of how the gas chambers
the material proofs of crimes - photos below
some of the belongings
the mugshots of the German Jews - only the Germans were photographed, ie, not the Hungarian Jews etc
marks they got on their jumpsuits
insignia worn by prisoners
the Mengele twins - Eva and Miriam Mozes
firing squad wall
Block 11
the crematorium in Auschwitz I
two barbed fences
five years of this place
Auschwitz II Birkenau
Auschwitz II Birkenau
Auschwitz II Birkenau - the train tracks that brought the Jews
the cattle carriages that brought the Jews
its so much bigger than Auschwitz I - as a result.. very very eerie..
then we went back to Krakow for some Polish dumplings!
