Everyone is familiar with Auschwitz-I (commonly referred to as just Auschwitz) and Auschwitz-II (known as Birkenau). We took a day out from our Krakow adventures to pay respect (?) and witness the horror. The exhibits were appropriately disturbing, but as always the experience was marred by disrespectful, rude tourists who simply point and click (in prohibited areas, mind you) without giving the subject matter (a roof full of human hair or the burners connected to the gas chambers, for example) a moments contemplation. You can't help but wonder if they are really learning anything from the visit.
"Work Makes Free" at the entrance of Auschwitz.
Guard House.
Barracks.
Partially reconstructed Crematoria.
Entrance to Birkenau (Auschwitz-II).
Train tracks leading to the platform where incoming prisoners were divided into potential workers and those to be killed immediately.
Dumping grounds for ashes from the crematoria.
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