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Wednesday 5th, Krakow, Poland- Day trip to Auschwitz and Birkenau

The entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp- the motto in German means 'work brings freedom'.

this sign was just inside the main entrance.

the infamous railway entrance to Birkenau.

the infamous railway entrance to Birkenau.

the eerie chimneys of Birkenau, all that remains of many of the wooden cell blocks.

Birkenau.

Birkenau.

the prisoners' accommodation.

Auschwitz crematorium.

A mountain of shoes, collected from the prisoners before they were murdered.

Thousands of suitcases of people who thought they'd be going home.

Toothbrushes and hairbrushes, confiscated as the prisoners were exterminated, but saved by the Nazis. Why?

HOW DID THE WORLD LET THIS HAPPEN?

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