Poland Oswiecim

picture with detail on the ruins of a gas chamber in Auschwitz-Birkenau

2012
01/02
NIKON D90, 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ f/8.0 1/30, ISO 200
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The ruins of one of the gas chambers and crematoria at Birkenau. The Nazis blew up these structures in January 1945 in an attempt to hide evidence of their crimes before the Red Army arrived. The brick and concrete remains are now preserved as historical testimony.

Auschwitz concentration camp Gas Chamber Ruins Shoa Memory Unesco World Heritage Site