First view inside Auschwitz I
Block 24 on the left, and where the camp orchestra played on the right to keep the prisoner's marching on time
Looking back towards the Arbeit Macht Frei Gate (Work Makes Free)
Looking down a street of prison blocks, with Block 15 closest to the camera
A row of prison blocks
Looking out the window of Block 4
Photo by SS in Block 4 showing the selection process whereby healthy prisoners (30%) were sent to work and the rest (70%) were sent to the gas chambers
The cannisters of Zyklon B used to kill in the gas chambers, in Block 4
Block 16, identical to the other blocks
Discarded suitcases, with the names of the murdered written in chalk - they thought they would get their luggage back after their "shower", in Block 5
The courtyard of Block 11, known as the Death Wall, where murders took place by shooting
A warning sign posted at the edge of the camp, near Gas Chamber I
Looking from the outside in
The Entrance Gate to the death camp at Birkenau, through which railcars carrying prisoners arrived
The cattle cars in which prisoners were brought from all across Europe to Auschwitz, often standing for days at a time without food or water
The destroyed Gas Chamber II
A model reconstruction of Gas Chamber II is in Auschwitz I in Block 4
The Camp Kitchen where prisoners' meals were served: coffee for breakfast, soup for lunch and bread for dinner - starvation was a major cause of death in the camp
Where women prisoners no longer fit to work awaited death by gas chamber in their final days
5-8 women would sleep on each of the 3 levels, made of brick and wood, and were given no food or water in their final days
Looking over the destroyed wooden blocks of Birkenau; they were disassembled after the Soviets liberated the camp and used for firewood
Hi! I’m Jana, a Dutch-German-British-Canadian with a dream of seeing every country in the world. I am a storyteller, photographer and adventurer passionate about documenting and sharing my travels.
