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The Main
Entrance with the sign, Arbeit Macht Frei, which
means, "Work makes you
free." Did it?
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 Auschwitz
I camp, known as the
Nazi notorious death
camp, is approximately
an hour’s drive from
Krakow. Between June
1941 and January 1945
about one million men,
women and children
perished in the the
three camps - Auschwitz
I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau
and Monowitz. On this
page, I have detailed
some of the information
I have gathered during
this journey.
Our guide, Jacob,
reminded us that
although survivors of
the Auschwitz came have
already left the camp
when they were
liberated, they often
times come back – they
had nightmares, and they
cannot forget what they
have gone through as an
Auschwitz survivor.
Even though he is “free”
from being a prisoner of
this camp, in reality he
never can “leave” the
camp – the sad memories
and hurtful experience
will always haunt him.
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As you walk along the
green grass growing in
the camp, you can never
imagine it was this
colorful, perhaps
because you’ve watched
it as black and white in
the Schindler’s List.
That’s because in fact,
grass was not part of
this beautiful picture
at that time. The Nazis
did not allow grass to
be grown because the
prisoners would eat it,
since they were always
living with pangs of
hunger. Therefore, the
grass you see today has
been planted when they
restored this camp.
However, most of the
trees you see here in
the photos were in
already there in the
camp, however, the Nazis
painted the trees to
prevent the prisoners
from eating the tree
bark. Well, these are
the things we may not be
thinking about every
day….it was bizarre to
imagine people were
pushed to the limit to
do things that a
contemporary person with
modern amenities would
not do – like eating
tree bark.
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See the blocks &
buildings we visited
during MRH 2006: (click
at the link below)
Block 4, 5, 10, 11,
and
Block 27, "The Death Wall,"
the gas chamber and the
crematorium
See Ariel
MAP OF AUSCHWITZ I and
II taken by the
Allied forces (June 26,
1944)
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For more information
about Auschwitz:
(external)
Auschwitz I - The Most
Infamous Nazi Death Camp
Auschwitz Holocaust
Encyclopedia
KL Auschwitz Death Camp
in Oswiecim
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