Electrified Fence and Prisoner Reception

Auschwitz I concentration camp. Barbed wire electrified camp fence. The camp was surrounded by 11 miles (17 km) of such fencing. Outside the boundary fence is the Aufnahmegebäude (Building to Receive Newcomers). It is now a part of the visitor centre. Auschwitz Birkenau: German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed in 1979. DSC_0779p1

Oświęcim - Auschwitz

September 18th 2018
Today was our visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp. A somber day, but a must. The name Auschwitz itself conjures up the Holocaust and its horrific images. Oświęcim is about an hour and a half drive from Krakow. It is and was a railway center, with connections east to Krakow, west to Wrocław (once Breslau) and Berlin and south to Vienna. Thus the town was selected as a central place to whi ... read more

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