At its peak of operation, Auschwitz consisted of several divisions. The original camp, known as Auschwitz I, housed between 15,000 and 20,000 political prisoners. Those entering its main gate were greeted with an infamous and ironic inscription: “Arbeit Macht Frei,” or “Work Makes You Free...
At Auschwitz, the Germans left behind barracks and watchtowers, the remains of gas chambers and the hair and personal belongings of people killed there. The “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate is recognized the world over. At Birkenau, what remains has also left its m...
Visitors walk through the ''Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) gate at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 25. 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) A visitor walks past a gas chamber an...
We were pushed through to the main gate, and once we entered there we thought we'd entered hell. There were bodies everywhere, and there were these watch towers with machine guns pointing at us...this terrible grey ash falling around us. There were the barking dogs, viciously walking aroun...
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Auschwitz I is all about the details. The original Auschwitz camp was a Polish army barracks which was converted into a prison camp for political prisoners in 1940. So much of the Nazis’ first and smallest camp has been preserved, from the entrance gate displaying ‘Arbeit macht frei’ in ...
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Polish police recover Auschwitz gate sign, damagedVANESSA GERA
At Birkenau, what remains has also left its mark on the collective conscience. As Van der Putte notes: “You have the gate, you have the wagon. You have the incredibly long railway platform which leads to the former crematoria and gas chambers.” ...
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