My Trip To Auschwitz-I, Birkenau, and KL-Plaszow

[Gouldy]

here are my pictures i took from last weekend

some of the torture methods were nothing short of barbaric, I never knew a lot of it went on .

there were rooms which were normal height but only approx 1metre wide and long, they would cram 4 people in these rooms and shut them in complete darkness, a lot of the time they suffocated.

they also tied peoples arms together behind their backs then hung them up by their arms , dislocating their shoulders and often causing death in one way or another.

The main Gates at Auschwitz 1





The Staff Food halls


The prisoner building


The hanging posts


The "Death wall" where executions were carried out


The posts where they hung people by their arms






Guard Tower


zyclon B containers







hatches where gas was dropped in


Eye piece in door


Gas Chamber




Hoess's House


and the point he was hanged








Berkenau










the furnaces which burnt the bodies





the toilets, they were only allowed to go in twice a day and approx 2000 people used each building, sometimes more










Schilnders Factory



Ghetto monuments


Plaszow

[sandgroper]

Really evocative photos mate, a chilling place. The photos of the suitcases and shoes are truly horrifying when you think how many lives they represent.

[talltom]

brilliant photos when i went a few years back i was truly shocked by the shear scale of it the shoes are the things that really give me the shivers thanks for sharing

[Gouldy]

no problem, the shoes were very haunting, but what is scary is that what we see is only a snippet of what was taken off the poor people. and also the taking of hair for tights etc is very strange

there was a guy in our tour group who i presume had a German heritage who was trying to understand why they kept the people in such poor conditions when they wanted them for work ,

however my feeling was getting work out of them was just a bonus as their main goal was to kill them

[Gouldy]

also in the picture 1 from the bottom, you can see the original electric fence (i know this as i have seen it in the pics from 39-45)

[Davidh]

great pics of a bad place , rgds Dave

[Little Mermaid]

This has got to be one of the most cruel places on Earth. But thank you for the very detailed photos.

[Walkwolf]

Sad and tragic places. But it's good to keep them open to show the horrors
that went on, and for visitors to try and imagine the countless lives that
were lost. You say 'some of the torture methods were nothing short
of barbaric', but I think any and all methods were barbaric.

Thanks for showing these photos. Chilling reminders.........

[Little Mermaid]

Sad and tragic places. But it's good to keep them open to show the horrors
that went on, and for visitors to try and imagine the countless lives that
were lost. You say 'some of the torture methods were nothing short
of barbaric', but I think any and all methods were barbaric.

Thanks for showing these photos. Chilling reminders.........

True. This must never be forgotten.. to make sure it will never happen again.

[texasuberalles]

A picture is worth a 1,000 words.