Travel Memory

"Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau (Pol. Oświęcim-Brzezinka), to be exact - Auschwitz-Birkenau (it. Auschwitz-Birkenau) - German concentration camp complex, located in 1940-1945. in southern Poland, near the town of Oswiecim, 60 km west of Krakow. In international practice to use a German, not Polish name because it was used by the Nazi administration, but in the Soviet and Russian reference books and the media are still mostly used Polish, although a more accurate German gradually comes into use.
Above the entrance to the first camp complex (Auschwitz-1), the Nazis placed the slogan: «Arbeit macht frei» («Work makes you free"). Cast iron inscription was stolen on the night of Friday, December 18, 2009, and was found three days later sawn into three pieces and prepared for shipment to Sweden, arrested five men suspected of the crime. After the abduction of the inscription was replaced by a copy made during the restoration of the original in 2006. More than 1.5 million people, most of whom were Jews, were subjected to torture and were killed in the camps of Auschwitz. At the camp in 1947. The museum was created, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. "© wiki.

Together with a group of French tourists I invite you to take a virtual "journey of memory" in this museum.

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2) The main gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau.



3) Photo Wall consisting of portraits of prisoners. (Reuters / Eric Gaillard)



4) Hill of points prisoners. (Reuters / Eric Gaillard)



5) Photo portraits of prisoners. (Reuters / Eric Gaillard)



6) The main gate of Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II. (Reuters / Eric Gaillard)



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9) Mount shoe prisoners. (Reuters / Eric Gaillard)



10) Chimneys crematorium seen through barbed wire.



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