Poland: Auschwitz & Birkenau (June 20, 2014)

**There are some pictures that may be upsetting to look at.**

(Elie Wiesel, author of "Night")

(Memorial plaque for both camps)                   

                                         Auschwitz II - Birkenau

Railroad tracks that led to the sorting platform at Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

Rows of barracks at Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

A model of the freight train that prisoners would arrive in.

It is dedicated to the 400,000 Hungarian Jews that were deported to Auschwitz II - Birkenau in 1944. 

Row of fences that led to the gas chambers at the back of the camp.

Area called, Canada, where prisoner's belongings were plundered and held after they reached the camp.

On October 7, 1944 this site was the location of the only armed revolt of the Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz II - Birkenau. They were able to destroy the gas chambers and crematorium IV before being killed.

Sleeping quarters at Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

This is where Dr. Mengele's wooden hut stood during 1944. 

Front entrance gate at Auschwitz I. It roughly reads "work will set you free."

This is the site where the first commandant, SS-Obersturmbannfuher Rudlof Huss was hanged after the war on April 16, 1947.