The gates of Auschwitz - this means "Work brings freedom"

Barbed wire fences surround the prison camp

Barracks in the concentration camp

Empty cans of the gas zyklon B found at the camp - each held enough to kill 100 people

Luggage found during lliberation - names, birth dates, and countries are written on them

44,000 pair of shoes were found when the camp was liberated

Inside of Aushwitz I concentration camp

Block 11 - also known as "The Block of death"

More barbed wire surrounding the prison

More barracks where prisoners were held

Memorials surround the firing squad wall in the courtyard of Block 11

Rudolf Hoss' house just outside of the gates of Auschwitz

This was made especially for Hoss and he was hung here in 1947

The first experimental gas chamber in Auschwitz I - over 17,000 died here

More barbed wire - only 140 escaped and only 800 ever attempted

Auschwitz I

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Barbed wire fences surrounding Birkenau

The train tracks came directly into the camp

The entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau - view from inside the camp

The Germans tried to destroy the evidence - remains of the barracks

This is where the "Selection" of those who would live and die took place

Remains of barracks

Looking at the front gate from inside the concentration camp

Memorial to all those who died at the concentration camps

Memorial

In memory of the 1.5 million who were murdered in Auschwitz

Flowers sit at the end of the train tracks in the concentration camp

The remains of Crematoria 3

The remains of Crematoria 3