Sorry Krela in advance if this is inappropriate but this place deserves to be seen by all...please feel free to put this in another pidgeon hole..we didnt know quite where it belonged.
We spent the weekend in Krakow and took a trip to Auschwitz 1 and 2 Birkenau.I wont go into the history of Auschwitz as it is well covered by Wikepedia..suffice to say it is thee most emotion packed experience one is ever likely to go through.From the moment we passed through the gates we were whisked back to one of mans darkest periods in time.....
Those gates
Excuse the B&W..colour seems disrespectful
Those electric fences
Gallows erected to hang the Kommandant after the war
Gas chamber and gallows
Fence again
Pool...allegedley the fire brigade resovoir designed on a swimming pool
How can a fire brigade resovoir have diving boards?
Fence again looked soo grim
Wall of death...this was the yard where thousands met their grisly end
We move on to Birkenau death camp..this is the platform that many departed the vile trains of death..in the distance is the gate house
Remains of crematoria/gas chamber blown up by the Nazis prior to being overtaken by the red army
Infamous bunk beds where 5 prisoners slept along side each other
Hells gate..every train passed through here to deposit its sad cargo to the platforms of hell....
To see the full album
http://news.webshots.com/album/561643661UTJrgw
sorry if this is depressing but it happened
We spent the weekend in Krakow and took a trip to Auschwitz 1 and 2 Birkenau.I wont go into the history of Auschwitz as it is well covered by Wikepedia..suffice to say it is thee most emotion packed experience one is ever likely to go through.From the moment we passed through the gates we were whisked back to one of mans darkest periods in time.....
Those gates
Excuse the B&W..colour seems disrespectful
Those electric fences
Gallows erected to hang the Kommandant after the war
Gas chamber and gallows
Fence again
Pool...allegedley the fire brigade resovoir designed on a swimming pool
How can a fire brigade resovoir have diving boards?
Fence again looked soo grim
Wall of death...this was the yard where thousands met their grisly end
We move on to Birkenau death camp..this is the platform that many departed the vile trains of death..in the distance is the gate house
Remains of crematoria/gas chamber blown up by the Nazis prior to being overtaken by the red army
Infamous bunk beds where 5 prisoners slept along side each other
Hells gate..every train passed through here to deposit its sad cargo to the platforms of hell....
To see the full album
http://news.webshots.com/album/561643661UTJrgw
sorry if this is depressing but it happened