Photographs of Auschwitz Camp "Facilities"

Auschwitz barbed-wire fences (postwar photo)	View of the entrance to the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I), bearing the motto “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work makes one free)
View of the kitchen barracks, the electrified fence, and the gate at the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I).	Entrance to Auschwitz today Interior of a stable baracks in Auschwitz
Fence around the baracks in the main camp of Auschwitz Fence around the baracks in the main camp of Auschwitz	Interior of a stable baracks in Auschwitz
Warning sign for prisoners at Auschwitz	Barbed wire fences were one of the means of controlling prisoners at Auschwitz
Prison blocks at Auschwitz	The execution wall at Auschwitz
Isolation cell Isolation cells at Auschwitz	To intimidate prisoners, the SS conducted public hangings here. The largest such execution was carried out on July 19, 1943, when 12 Poles suspected of helping three other prisoners escape were hanged together. After the war, the gallows were reconstructed.
The building housing the crematoria at Auschwitz	Ovens in the crematorium at Auschwitz
Ovens in the crematorium at Auschwitz	The furnaces of Krema II in Auschwitz
View of the electrified wire fence and barracks in January 1945	Chimney for crematorium
Fence and guard tower	Outer fence surrounding camp
Safe area before reaching prohibited zone	Part of the prison block
Block 13	Passage between prison blocks
Camp buildings	Crematoria ovens

A tiny sample of the thousands of pairs of shoes taken from victims	A tiny sample of the luggage confiscated from Jews when they arrived at the camp
A sample of the cups and bowls taken from victims	Prostheses and other items taken from disable prisoners
Gate to entrance of Birkenau	Barracks at Birkenau

Sources: Shoah - The Holocaust;
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;
Mitchell Bard;
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation.