Auschwitz-Birkenau

World events and a strong feeling of obligation to acknowledge innocent victims lead us to visit the complexes of Auschwitz and Birkenau. It was a difficult experience. No reading of history or watching of movies or documentaries can prepare for the reality of what is here.

"Arbeit macht frei"  "Work makes you free"
the main gate of Auschwitz

"In the years 1940-1941 German occupants expelled the Poles-inhabitants of the villages; Brezinka Harmeze Plawy Bor Rajsko Klucnlkowice Babice Broszkowice and from Zasole District of Oswiecim

German's founded the death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and its economic and industrial base on this site of the demolished or taken buildings "

"To the memory of men, women, and children who fell victim to Nazi genocide. Here lie their ashes. May their souls rest in peace. "

The gate house and railway of Birkenau 

Monument to honour those who suffered here at Auschwitz II Birkenau
(located at the end of the tracks opposing the main gate)

"FOR EVER LET THIS PLACE BE A CRY OF DISPAIR AND A WARNING TO HUMANITY WHERE THE NAZIS MURDERED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN MAINLY JEWS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF EUROPE"

AUSWITZ-BIRKENAU

1940-1945