Historical pictures and documents
Ruins of gas chambers
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Ruins of gas chambers blew up by Germans running away from the Soviets in January 1945.
DownloadMurdered before liberation
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When the Red Army liberated the camp on January 27, 1945, there were more than 200 bodies killed or died just before the liberation.
DownloadChildren after liberation
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From among 230 000 children deported to KL Auschwitz only 700 were liberated.
DownloadAuschwitz I after liberation
Author: Zbigniew Klawender
Auschwitz I after liberation
DownloadRuins of crematory III
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Ruins of crematory III
DownloadProperty of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
DownloadProperty of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
DownloadProperty of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
DownloadProperty of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
DownloadCamp after liberation
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Camp after liberation
DownloadCamp after liberation
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Camp after liberation
DownloadCamp after liberation
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Camp after liberation
DownloadTransportation to hospitals
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Transportation of prisoners from KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau to hospitals.
DownloadCamp after liberation
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Camp after liberation
DownloadBirkenau after liberation
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Guards from the then State Museum in Oświęcim standing at the ruins of crematory and gas chamber II (1948).
DownloadFormer prisoners leaving field hospital
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Former prisoners, patients of Soviet field hospital, leave the site of the camp after convalescence.
DownloadLiberated prisoners
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Liberated prisoners
DownloadView from a watchtower
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A view from one of the watchtowers on the camp loundry and Blocks 28 and 27.
DownloadYard of Block 11
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The yard of Block 11 in Auschwitz I before reconstruction of the "Wall of Death".
DownloadEntrance to the Museum
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The entrance to the Museum from the side of Więźniów Oświęcimia street.
DownloadMonument in Birkenau
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The monument remembering Jewish victims of KL Auschwitz at the end of the unloading ramp in Birkenau.
DownloadLiberated prisoners
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Liberated prisoners
DownloadOpening of the Museum
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The ceremony of Museum opening. The then prime minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (former prisoner of KL Auschwitz) is giving a speech.
DownloadRuins of crematory and gas chamber II
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Ruins of crematory and gas chamber II
DownloadFragment of the first exhibition
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Fragment of the first exhibition
DownloadHospital for liberated prisoners
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Hospital for liberated prisoners
DownloadSector BIa
Author: M. Kieta, May 1946
A fragment of Sector BIa in Birkenau. In the background—the main gate.
DownloadSurvived prisoner
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Most of the liberated prisoners were in critical condition. For the a Red Cross hospital was created in Auschwitz I.
DownloadWojana Taus from Jugoslavia and Katarina Beer from the Czech Republic
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Wojana Taus from Jugoslavia and Katarina Beer from the Czech Republic
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