picture of the inside of a "Block", a barrack used as housing for the prisoners
2012
01/02
NIKON D90, 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @
f/3.5 1/10,
ISO 200
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The interior of a Birkenau barrack with three-tier bunks and central brick stove. Up to eight prisoners slept in each bunk on straw mattresses infested with parasites. The stove, insufficient to heat the space, was the only source of warmth during harsh Polish winters.