PART B – Auschwitz II – Birkenau
Hell gate – in 1944 the numbers arriving begun to increase dramatically. A rail line was extended in to the camp. The entrance gate through which the trains past was known as hells gate
Remains of the wooden barracks – for those not selected for extermination they were sent in to the work camp, the building were burnt by the Nazi during liberation to hide the evidence of what had occurred.
Interior of barracks – hundreds of prisoners were crowded into each of these barracks, an average of five people shared one bunk
Entrance to the camp – for those selected for the concentration camp
The ruins of the gas chambers – in late 1944, the camp authorities ordered the dismantling of the gas chambers as a campaign to erase the evidence of crime at the end of the war
The railways spur – the full length of the area where SS officers carried out the selection of the Jews
Memorial to the victims of the death camp – unveiled in 1967 as a reminder and warning to future generations of humanity
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