All that is left of Crematoriun
IV. It was burned by the Sonderkommando
in their revolt of October, 1944 and subsequently dismantled
by the SS before running
from the advancing Soviet Army. The room in the foreground is
one of two gas chambers used here. In the background is the
"Little Wood" where Jews just off transports waited
their turn for Sonderbehandlung or "special treatment",
as the creators of the policy of murder called it. Beyond it
is the camp proper.