View of the entrance to the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I), bearing the motto �Arbeit Macht Frei� (Work makes one free)
View of the kitchen barracks, the electrified fence, and the gate at the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I).
Interior of a stable baracks in Auschwitz
Fence around the baracks in the main camp of Auschwitz
Entrance to main Auschwitz camp bears the motto �Arbeit Macht Frei�
Warning sign for prisoners at Auschwitz
Barbed wire fences were one of the means of controlling prisoners at Auschwitz
Barbed wire fences were one of the means of controlling prisoners at Auschwitz
Prison blocks at Auschwitz
The execution wall at Auschwitz today
Isolation cells at Auschwitz
To intimidate prisoners, the SS conducted public hangings here. The largest such execution was carried out on July 19, 1943, when 12 Poles suspected of helping three other prisoners escape were hanged together. After the war, the gallows were reconstructed.
The building housing the crematoria at Auschwitz
Ovens in the crematorium at Auschwitz
Ovens in the crematorium at Auschwitz
The furnaces of Krema II in Auschwitz
View of the electrified wire fence and barracks in January 1945