Krematoria IV
On October 7, 1944, members of the Sonderkommando – the special detachment of jewish prisoners who were forced to empty the gas chambers after a mass gassing and undertake the burning of the corpses – organised the only armed revolt …
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Krematoria III
Below is an extract taken from a reconnaissance photo taken in August 1944. This was taken before the ovens were removed and the building destroyed.
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Krematoria II
Below is an extract taken from a reconnaissance photo taken in August 1944. This was taken before the ovens were removed and the building destroyed. Collapsed roof of the Krematoria building Loading rails into the krematoria Collapsed roof of the …
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Showers or Sauna
In this building, which went into use in late 1943, newly arrived prisoners were registered and subjected to disinfection before being exploited as slave laborers. This is where they were assigned the numbers that were tattooed on their forearms, received …
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Entrance “Death Gate”
The gate house was built in 1943, long after the Birkenau camp was opened. The first inmates, who were Soviet Prisoners of War, arrived at Birkenau on October 7, 1941. At first, the gate shown in the photo above was …
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The Administrative Centre
Auschwitz I served as the administrative center for the whole complex. It was founded on May 20, 1940, on the basis of an old Polish brick army barracks (originally built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire). A group of 728 Polish political …
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