picture of the inside of a "Block", a barrack used as housing for the prisoners

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.

Auschwitz concentration camp Block Inside Shoa Memory Unesco World Heritage Site