Auschwitz II-Birkenau gatehouse; the train track, in operation May–October 1944, led directly to the gas chambers.
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Auschwitz, Poland - May 13, 2007: Entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp.It was the biggest Nazi camp located near Krakow at the town of Oswiecim/Auschwitz/.Many jewish people and political prisoners were tortured to death,dying from starvation and exhaustion.Nowadays the camp is functioning as a museum for the tourists.
Auschwitz, Poland - March 28, 2008: Main gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz I) concentration camp in Poland, where 1.1 million people where killed (90% Jews) by the Nazi army during the World War II (1940-1945). The Soviet troop liverated the camp on January 27 in 1945. In the following decades it became a symbol of the Holocaust. In 1947, Poland founded a museum on the site of Auschwitz I and II, and in 1979 it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Auschwitz, Poland - July 2, 2009: The Auschwitz concentration camp is located about 50 km from Krakow. This photo is from Auschwitz II- Birkenau. The wooden barracks are simple compared to the brick houses in Auschwitz I. To the left are brick chimneys from barracks burned down by the nazis when the Red Army was getting close.