Window shopping in Paris
Information and layout of the Tuileries Garden
The Vendome Column in Paris is a war memorial with a statue of Napoleon on top
Monument to Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (French statesman and former Prime Minister) in the Tuileries Garden, Paris
Tuileries Garden with distant views of the Eiffel Tower (left) and Luxor Obelisk (right)
Eiffel Tower as seen from the Tuileries Garden
Marble statue in Tuilieries Garden
The Luxor Obelisk stands 75-feet high at the center of the Place de la Concorde. It is over 3,000 years old and orginially stood outside the Luxor Temple in Egypt. It was given to France by the ruler of Ottoman Egypt in exchange for a French mechanical clock. The clock, which has never worked to this day, is still in a clocktower in Egypt.
Eiffel Tower
Grand Palais in Paris
Luxor Obelisk and Champs-Elysées
View from Tuileries Garden
North fountain at Place de la Concorde in Paris, where King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were executed in 1793
Luxor Obelisk
Champs-Elysées and Arc de Triomphe
Site marker where King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were executed at Place de la Concorde
Near Place de la Concorde
Eurasian Magpie
Jardin des Champs-Elysées
Statue of French statesman Georges Clemenceau
Petit Palais in Paris
Winston Churchill statue in Paris
On the Ponte Alexander III bridge over the Seine
The Seine River
Ponte Alexander III bridge and Les Invalides, where Napoleon Bonaparte is interred
Les Invalides
Piece of the Berlin Wall in Paris
Statue of Charles de Gaulle, leader of the French Resistance against Nazi Germany
The Paris Opera
The Moulin Rouge
Sacre-Cour Basilica in Montmartre is the second highest point in Paris
Sacre-Cour Basilica
View from Sacre-Cour Basilica
"Love locks" covering a gate in front of the Sacre-Cour Basilica
In front of the Sacre-Cour Basilica
Montmartre, Paris - Where the "cool kids" used to hang out (i.e. Picasso, Sisley, Diaz, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet)
La Bonne Franquette in Montmarte was frequented by a Who's Who of famous artists: Diaz, Pissaro, Sisley, Degas, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Monet, Zola
Other "famous names" at La Bonne Franquette!
Montmartre, Paris
Saint-Augustin Church
Eiffel Tower and Trocadero Square
Looking through the Eiffel Tower, over the Champ de Mars, to the Ecole Militaire
Trocadero Square and Eiffel Tower
The Krivos in Paris
Fontaine de Varsovie and Eiffel Tower
Statue near Trocadero Square (near Eiffel Tower)
The Krivos in Trocadero Square
Monument aux Morts de la Grande Guerre (WWI memorial)
Wall of Peace and Eiffel Tower
Ecole Militaire
Gardens of Les Invalides
Statue of Jules Hardouin Mansart at Les Invalides (French Baroque architect to Louis XIV)
A little can of refreshment at Les Invalides
Approaching Notre Dame post-2019 fire
Notre Dame post-2019 fire
Charlemagne statue outside Notre Dame
Ominous sky over the Seine
Shopping in Paris
Beneath I.M. Pei's pyramid at the Louvre
Milo of Cortona Devoured by a Lion by Pierre Puget (Louvre)
Napoleon III apartments at the Louvre
At The Louvre
Portrait of Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud (Louvre)
View of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel from the Louvre
Winged Victory of Samothrace (c. 190 B.C.) (Louvre)
Le Calvaire by Fra Angelico (Louvre)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1503) (Louvre)
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1503-6) (Louvre)
Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix (Louvre)
The Dying Slave by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1513-15;unfinished) was carved for the tomb of Pope Julius II but not used (Louvre)
The Rebellious Slave by Michelangelo Buornarroti (1513-15;unfinished) was carved for the tomb of Pope Julius II but not used (Louvre)
Michelangelo's two marble Slaves, carved for the tomb of Pope Julius II but not used
Psyche Revived By A Kiss From Cupid by Antonio Canova (1793) (Louvre)
Aphrodite of Melos (a.k.a. The Venus de Milo) (c. 100 B.C) (Louvre)
The Great Sphinx (Louvre)
The fortress of King Philippe Auguste (Louvre)
Information about the fortress of King Philippe Auguste (Louvre)
Inside view of I.M. Pei's Pyramid (Louvre)
La France Victorieuse statue near the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Maureen and Jared at the Louvre
Entering Tuileries Garden from the Louvre
Tuileries Garden and the Louvre
Tuileries Garden
Diane by Leveque Edmond (1866) (Tuileries Garden)
Julius Caesar by Parisi Ambrogio (1688-1694) (Tuileries Garden)
Luxor Obelisk, Champs Elysees, Arc de Tromphe as seen from Tuileries Garden
Traffic in Paris
Lamborghini in Paris
Wheat field along footpath between Longues-sur-Mer and Arromanches-les-Bains
Mulberry harbor of Arromanches-les-Bains in the distance
Coast line between Longues-sur-Mer and Arromanches-les-Bains
Flax field in bloom along footpath between Longues-sur-Mer and Arromanches-les-Bains
Mulberry harbor of Arromanches-les-Bains
Footpath between Longues-sur-Mer and Arromanches-les-Bains with daisy field
Daisies! (along the footpath between Longues-sur-Mer and Arromanches-les-Bains
Arromanches-les-Bains
Rusted old transport in the mulberry harbor of Arromanches-les-Bains
Musée du Débarquement D-Day Museum Arromanches
Remains of the mulberry harbor in Arromanches-les-Bains
Sherman tank overlooking Arromanches-les-Bains
Mulberry harbor as seen from Arromanches-les-Bains
Canadian-built M4A5 assalt tank at the Bayeux War Museum
Information about the M4A5
German SKC33 anti-aircraft gun at the Bayeux War Museum
Information about the SKC33
German Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer Tank at the Bayeux War Museum
Information about the Hetzer Tank
British Mark VII "Crocodile" Tank (flame-thrower) at the Bayeux War Museum
Information about the Mark VII "Crocodile" Tank
American M10 Tank Destroyer at the Bayeux War Museum
Information about the M10 Tank Destroyer
40 mm Canon (U.S.) at Bayeux War Museum
Bayeux War Museum
Caterpillar D7 Bulldozer at Bayeux War Museum
Information about the Caterpillar D7 Bulldozer
Bayeux Cathedral
Interesting door in Bayeux
Bayeux War Cemetery
Information and layout of Bayeux War Cemetery
Bayeux Memorial: Latin inscription - "We, Once Conquered by William, Have Now Set Free The Conqueror's Native Land"
Sky above Bayeux, France
Normandy American Cemetery: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. led the first wave of troops on to Utah Beach on D-Day. He died of a heart attack the following month and was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.
Normandy American Cemetery: Both Theodore, Jr. (WWII) and Quentin (WWI) are buried here
Walking in Bayeux, France (Bayeux Cathedral in the distance)
Bayeux, France
Sky over Bayeux
German battery in Longues-sur-Mer, France
View from inside a German battery (Longues-sur-Mer, France)
Jeff and Jared exploring a German battery (Longues-sur-Mer, France)
English Channel as seen from Longues-sur-Mer
Mortar pit (Longues-sur-Mer)
German batteries with poppies in the foreground. Poppies are symbol of remembrance and hope.
Inside a German battery
Clear damage inside a German battery
View of the English Channel from the top of a German battery (Longues-sur-Mer)
Jared surveys the English Channel from atop a German battery
Jared explores the inside of a German battery
Interior rooms of a German battery
Field of daisies along footpath between Longues-sur-Mer and Arromanches-les-Bains (a four-mile hike)
Heavily damaged German battery in Longues-sur-Mer
"Spirit of American Youth Rising From The Waves" at the Normandy American Cemetery
Map of military operations in Western Europe
1,557 names are inscribed on the Wall of the Missing (Normandy American Cemetery)
Normandy American Cemetery
Map of the Normandy beach landings on D-Day
Omaha Beach as seen from Normandy American Cemetery
Inside Memorial Chapel of Normandy American Cemetery
Pvt. Bedford Hoback was killed during the first wave landing on Omaha Beach. His brother Raymond is listed on the Wall of the Missing
Information sheet our guide Sabrina gave us regarding some of the men interred in Normandy American Cemetery
T. Sgt Frank Peregory neutralized a German battery BY HIMSELF in Grandcamp-Maisy
1st Lt. Jimmy Monteith, Jr. led tanks and troops safely on Omaha Beach on D-Day
Cpt. Jonathan Harwood (Ranger) was killed by friendly fire at Pointe du Hoc
Plot map of Normandy American Cemetery
Memorial Museum of Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach 116th Regimental Combat Team Memorial at Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach (note German battery near center of photo)
View from German battery over Omaha Beach
The Krivos at Omaha Beach
View from Omaha Beach (note German battery near right of photo)
German battery overlooking Omaha Beach
Memorial to Radio and Radar Technicians of the 2nd Tactical Air Force (Royal Air Force)
Information about the mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach that was eventually destroyed in a storm
National Guard Association Monument on Omaha Beach
View of Omaha Beach from the National Guard Association Monument
Flags flying on Omaha Beach for the 75th anniversary of D-Day
Flexible steel roadways ("Whales") floated on steel or concrete pontoons ("Beetles") as part of the mulberry harbor
Artillary near Pointe du Hoc, France
Damaged German batter near Pointe du Hoc
Overlooking coastline from Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc
Interior of a German battery near Pointe du Hoc
View from inside a German battery near Pointe du Hoc
Plaque commemorating the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion's capture and neutralization of the German battery at Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument
As part of his graduation gift, we present Jared with a WWII bronze star at Pointe du Hoc
Bomb craters near Pointe du Hoc
German gun pit near Pointe du Hoc
German gun pit and bomb craters near Pointe du Hoc
View from insided a German gun pit
Pointe du Hoc as seen from inside a German gun pit
Bomb crater - for scale, Jared is at the bottom and Maureen on the top edge
Bomb crater near Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc from a distance
Entrance to German tunnels near Pointe du Hoc
Ranger casualties at Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach
Information about the assault on Pointe du Hoc
Poppy field near Pointe du Hoc
World Peace Statue - Grandcamp-Maisy
La Barquette Lock - used by the Germans to flood the lowlands where they suspected Allied paratroopers might try to land
Oyster vending machine in Sainte Mere Eglise
Dessert as only the French can do it (Sainte Mere Eglise)
Church of Sainte Mere Eglise where paratrooper John Steele's parachute got caught on the pinnacle of the church tower
A mannequin of John Steele, complete with parachute, still hangs from the church, although not on the actual side where he was caught
A Roman millarioum (mile marker) was there long before D-Day. They were used to mark every 1,481 meters of road between England and Rome.
Inside the Church of Sainte Mere Eglise
A tree from which another unfortunate paratrooper got tangled still stands in Sainte Mere Eglise
Bullet holes in the fence in Sainte Mere Eglise still give testament to the bloody gun fight between German troops and American paratroopers
Airborne Museum in Sainte Mere Eglise
Artillary near Utah Beach
Czech hedgehog - used by Germans as anti-tank obstacles (Utah Beach)
Sherman tank (Utah Beach)
Utah Beach 75 years after D-Day
Remnants of causeways used at Utah Beach
U.S. Navy Memorial at Utah Beach
Navy Combat Demolition Memorial ("Frogmen" were the earlier version of present-day Navy SEALS)
Reproduction of a Higgins boat
Designer and manufacturer of the Higgins boat
Higgins Boat Monument
Jared standing in the Higgins boat reproduction
A well-camouflaged German bunker tucked between buildings with painted-on windows
Ominous sky over Utah Beach
German bunker near Utah Beach
Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument (near Sainte Marie du Mont)
Band of Brothers/Easy Company Monument - 101st Airborne Divsion, 506th P.I.R. (near Brecourt Manor, France)
Field where Major Dick Winters and his team neutralized a German artillery battery consisting of four 105mm howitzers. His tactics are still taught at West Point as an example of overcoming a larger enemy force.
Headquarters near Brecourt Manor from which Major Winters and his team launched their assault on the German artillery battery
Two 101st paratroopers turned a church in Angoville au Plain into a makeshift hospital, rendering aid to both friend and foe
Blood stains are still visible on a pew in the church
Stained glass in the Angoville au Plain church
A mortar shell hit the roof of the church while Robert Wright and Kenneth Moore worked to save lives
Damage to the floor of the church from the mortar shell that fell through the ceiling
Flanking the church window are the twin saints: Saint Cosmas and Saint Damien - patron saints of healers
Robert Wright requested that some of his ashes be interred in the church cemetery
Bayeux Museum, home of the world-famous Bayeux Tapestry - a 70-meter long tapestry illustrating the Battle of Hastings in the Norman Conquest of England in 1066
Bayeux is famous for its cider
Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
St. Mary Magdalene Church in Brussels
La Grande-Place in Brussels
Museum of the City of Brussels (King's House) in La Grande-Place in Brussels
Brussels Town Hall (Hotel de Ville) in La Grande-Place Brussels
Manneken Pis in Brussels
Belgian World Naked Bike Ride has taken place every third Saturday in June since 2005 to protest oil dependency and pollution
Our Lady of the Sablon Church in Brussels
Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Royal Conservatory of Brussels)
Brussels Palace of Justice
Infantry Memorial in Brussels
Anglo-Belgian Memorial in Brussels
Jardin du Petit Sablon in Brussels
Defaced statue in Jardin du Petit Sablon in Brussels
Window shopping in Brussels - theoretically, anyway
Place Royale in Brussels
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Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg Church on Place Royale in Brussels
Brussels Town Hall (Hotel de Ville) in the distance
Royal Palace of Brussels
The Tour de France begins in Brussels!
St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels
Cheers from Brussels!
In front of Brussels Town Hall (Hotel de Ville)
Museum of the City of Brussels (King's House) in La Grande-Place in Brussels (from the side)
The Atomium - in chocolate!
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium
Map: Supply of U.S. Forces in the European Theater (Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial)
Explanation of previous map
Map of Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial)
Map: Military Operations in Western Europe (Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial)
Sherman tank in Bastogne, Belgium
Surrounded during the Battle of the Bulge, General McAuliffe was given a chance to surrender by the German commander, to which he replied, "Nuts!"
Eagle Monument (Bastogne) near the Mardasson Memorial
Inscription on Eagle Monument
Information about the Mardasson Memorial
Mardasson Memorial
Crypt at Mardasson Memorial
Mardasson Memorial and Crypt (in foreground)
View of Foy from atop the Mardasson Memorial
View of Bastogne (including church featured in Band of Brothers) from atop the Mardasson Memorial
Map on top of the Mardasson Memorial
View from the top of the Mardasson Memorial
Vehicles driven in Eastern Germany until the fall of the Berlin Wall (on display at Bastogne War Museum)
Art on pieces of the Berlin Wall (on display at Bastogne War Museum)
Sky over Bastogne
Easy Company Battle of the Bulge Memorial (Bastogne)
Close up of Easy Company Battle of the Bulge Memorial (Bastogne)
The Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge; featured in Band of Brothers)
Foxholes in the Ardennes where Easy Company was pinned down
Makeshift memorial to Easy Company in the Ardennes
Foy American Temporary Cemetery for the Battle of the Bulge
Sky over Foy
Recogne German War Cemetery (near Bastogne)
Part of the first enclosure of the City of Brussels, built before 1134, ran through our hotel (Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Brussels)
Interesting bed situation at the Concorde Munich in Munich, Germany
Munich, Germany
Marienplatz in Munich, Germany
Marienplatz in Munich, Germany (Glockenspiel Clock Tower)
Munich Marienplatz Fountain
Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Holy Ghost Church) in Munich
Through that window is the beer hall where Hitler first released his evil onto the world
Hofbrauhaus - A Bavarian state-owned brewery in Munich open 365 days a year from 9 a.m. to midnight
Beer hall where Hitler first released his evil onto the world
Irish pub in Munich that our Irish tour guide Keith frowned upon, saying it was owned and run by Indians
Bavarian State Library in Munich
This fifteen million mark note might have gotten you a beer in post-WWI Germany. Suffering under the rampant inflation, the German people were desperate for a solution and what Hitler proposed sounded good at the time.
Theatinerkirsche in Munich
Odeonsplatz in Munich where the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch occurred. Later it was the site of Nazi rallies and swearing-in ceremonies for new recruits
Bavarian State Chancellery
Bavarian Alps
Heading underground in our mining jumpsuits to the Salt Mine in Berchtesgaden
Traditional German miners' greeting, which basically means "Good luck!"
Waiting for the elevator up to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Inside the Eagle's Nest
Alpine flowers near the Eagle's Nest
Obersalzberg: View from the Eagle's Nest
Obersalzberg: View from the Eagle's Nest (including Lake Konigssee)
Obersalzberg: View from the Eagle's Nest (including snow pack from winter - the road to the Eagle's Nest was only opened ten days before we arrived in mid-June!)
Obersalzberg: Snow pack from the previous winter still clings to the Bavarian Alps
Panorama view from Obersalzberg
Obersalzberg: Kehlstein Summit Cross with an edelweiss bloom, which symbolizes bravery, courage, love, and devotion
Eagle's Nest
Obersalzberg: Forget-Me-Nots
Jeff and the Eagle's Nest
Jared and the Eagle's Nest
The Eagle's Nest: History and post-WWII
Inside the Eagle's Nest - the Italian marble mantel was a gift to Hitler from Mussolini
Looking up at the Eagle's Nest
Entrance to the tunnel leading to the elevator up to the Eagle's Nest - it was cold, damp, and dark
Information about the tunnel
The InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden now stands where Hitler's deputies, Martin Bormann and Hermann Goering, had their homes
Bergfriedhof Berchtesgaden (cemetery in foreground) with St. Andreas in the distance
Bergfriedhof Berchtesgaden Cemetery
Unicorn in Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, Austria
Mirabell Gardens and Palace in Salzburg, Austria
Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, Austria
View of Salzburg Cathedral and Hohensalzburg Fortress from Mirabell Palace and Gardens
Pegasus Fountain in Mirabell Gardens (as seen in The Sound of Music)
Mirabell Gardens with Salzburg Cathedral and Hohensalzburg Fortress
Mozart residence in Salzburg, Austria
The Salzach eventually flows into the Danube
Salzburg Cathedral
Chess set on the Kapitelplatz (Chapter Square)
View of Salzburg from the Hohensalzburg Fortress
View from the Hohensalzburg Fortress
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Old fortification walls on Kapuzinerberg Hill as seen from the Hohensalzburg Fortress
View of Salzburg from the Hohensalzburg Fortress (note the helicopter near the center of the photo!)
Torture chamber inside the Honhensalburg Fortress
Old fortification walls in Salzburg
Coat of Arms of Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach (1511) in Hohensalzburg Fortress
Pork Knuckle
Maureen opted for a salad
Pierogies and Polish Beer
Lobby of the Polonia Palace Hotel in Warsaw, Poland
The Polonia Palace Hotel (our home base while in Poland)
Information about the Polonia Palace
View from the Polonia Palace (Warsaw)
Obelisk Granitowy near the Palace of Culture and Science (Warsaw)
Palace of Culture and Science (across from the Polonia Palace Hotel)
Palace of Culture and Science (Warsaw)
Fountain near the Palace of Culture and Science (Warsaw)
The Polonia Palace Hotel (Warsaw)
Warsaw Uprising Memorial Wall (Warsaw)
Flower gardens and photos along the Warsaw Uprising Memorial Wall
Kubus vehicle (replica) used by the Resistance in the Warsaw Uprising
Chopin Monument in Royal Baths Park (a.k.a. Lazienki Park)
Roses in Royal Baths Park (Warsaw)
Chopin Monument (Warsaw)
Royal Baths Park (Warsaw)
Palace on the Isle (Warsaw)
Bridge in Royal Baths Park with monument to King John III Sobieski (Warsaw)
Monument to King John III Sobieski to commemorate his victory over the Turks in the Battle of Vienna in 1683
National monument at the former location of the Warsaw Ghetto's Umschlagplatz, where prisoners were held and loaded on to trains bound for Treblinka extermination camp
Holy Trinity Church (Warsaw)
Warsaw, Poland
Carmelite Church (Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph) in Warsaw
Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Warsaw (Mickiewicz was one of Poland's greatest literary figures)
Inside of St. Anne's Church
Sigismund's Column was first rected in 1644 in Castle Square (Warsaw). The original collapsed during bombardment in WWII, but the figure of Sigismund survived and was re-erected in 1949
The Royal Castle (Warsaw)
Warsaw Barbican - relics of historic fortifications that once encircled Warsaw
Inner Yard of the Royal Castle (Warsaw)
Saint Martin's Bell Tower (Warsaw)
Crypt of the last two dukes of Mazovia in St. John's Archcathedral (Warsaw)
Monument to Stanislaw Malachowski (first Prime Minister of Poland) in St. John's Archcathedral (Warsaw)
Stained glass in St. John's Archcathedral (Warsaw)
Historic Old Town Warsaw on the UNESCO World Heritage List
Old Town Warsaw
"This place is sanctified by the blood of Poles who perished in the struggle for the freedom of their homeland. On September 2, 1944 the occupying Germans executed 30 Poles."
Atlases on the west entrance of Tyszkiewicz Palace (Warsaw)
PLEASE USE PIC P6221153 Holy Cross Church (Warsaw) - Frederic Chopin's heart is interred in a pillar near the altar
Wawel Dragon Statue in Krakow - it really breathes fire!
Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow
Model of Wawel Royal Castle
Oskar Schindler's House (one with the window flower boxes)
Dragon drain pipes at Wawel Royal Castle
Wawel Cathedral: Note the "dragon bones" hanging to the left of the door. The dragon (Smok Wawelski) was said to have lived in a cave under Wawel before the city was even founded.
Wawel Cathedral
Krakow Old Town
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Old Town Krakow
Church of St. Andrew in Old Town Krakow
Bishop's Palace and Papal Window in Krakow: Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to thousands from this window.
Town Hall Tower in Krakow
On the right side of the photo is St. Mary's Basilica, where a bugler marks the hour by playing "Hejnal Mariacki" first to the west, then to the east, south, and north, just as it has been done since the Middle Ages
Krakow Coat of Arms
Shopping in Krakow Old Town
St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist Church in Krakow
Lord's Transfiguration Church in Krakow
Local artists and art students sell their work in Krakow Old Town
Castle Przegorzaly: Built in 1942-43 as a residence for Otto von Wachter, a Nazi political official, but was given to Heinrich Himmler when he visited Krakow and was used from that time on as a sanatorium for SS and Luftwaffe veterans
Beds in Birkenau (Auschwitz II)
Birkenau (Auschwitz II)
Same Birkenau (Aushwitz II) scene circa 1942-43: Prisoners excavating drainage ditch along fence
Birkenau (Auschwitz II) circe 1943-44; Wooden barracks - only the brick chimneys remain today
Birkenau (Auschwitz II) circa 1944: After disembarking the train, prisoners were separated into those fit for work and those who were not (old, sick, children, etc.). Those in the latter group were immediately sent to the gas chambers.
This drawing was hidden in a bottle in one of the barracks in Birkenau.It shows Jews disembarking at Birkenau (Auschwitz II).
This drawing was hidden in a bottle in one of the barracks in Birkenau.It shows Jews going through the selection process after arriving at Birkenau (Auschwitz II)
Railway cars carried 80-100 people per car to Birkenau, often a journey of three days and nights with no food, water, or restroom facilities.
History of Auschwitz
Auschwitz: Kitchen Building
Front gate of Auschwitz: "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free)
Illustrations of Auschwitz
Auschwitz
Auschwitz: Spent canisters of Zyklon B, the pesticide used in the gas chambers
Auschwitz: Plates, utensils, and crockery plundered by the SS and found after the camp was liberated
Auschwitz: Luggage plundered by the SS and found after the camp was liberated
Auschwitz: Shoes plundered by the SS and found after the camp was liberated
Auschwitz: Block Elder's Room (Block elders were prisoners appointed by the SS to supervise other prisoners, often ruthlessly)
Auschwitz: The Death Wall - for prisoners sentenced to be shot
The first commandant of Auschwitz, SS-Obersturnbammfuhrer Rudolf Hoss was hanged here on April 16, 1947
Auschwitz: Approaching the gas chamber and crematorium
Information about the gas chamber and crematorium at Auschwitz
Diagram of inside of Auschwitz gas chamber and crematorium building
Entering the gas chamber at Auschwitz
Inside the gas chamber
Crematorium
Birkenau (Auschwitz II): Remains of a crematorium the Nazis tried to destroy before they were found out
Birkenau (Auschwitz II): The International Monument was erected in 1967 between the ruins of Krema (Crematorium) II and Krema III, which housed the two largest gas chambers in Birkenau
Birkenau (Auschwitz II): Uprisings and Cover Ups
Birkenau (Auschwitz II): Most of the wooden barracks are long gone, used for fire wood, etc. The brick chimneys are all that remain of them.