AUSCHWITZ/BIRKENAU

The remains of Krematorium III at Birkenau (Auschwitz II), blown up by the SS as the Russians were approaching. This was done in an effort to hide their crimes. Above the rusted container an ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:15:22 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The remains of Krematorium III at Birkenau (Auschwitz II), blown up by the SS as the Russians were approaching. This was done in an effort to hide their crimes. Above the rusted container an ...

Prisoners' wooden shoes at the Auschwitz Museum Archives. They were the source of much pain, suffering and death. Ill fitting and rough, they caused blisters and sores, even fatal infection ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:44:02 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Prisoners' wooden shoes at the Auschwitz Museum Archives. They were the source of much pain, suffering and death. Ill fitting and rough, they caused blisters and sores, even fatal infection ...

This was described as a segement of a burning pit near "the little white house" (officially Bunker II), a smaller facility for gassing only, way, way in the back of the camp, beyond the Suan ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:28:10 -0700

Alan Jacobs
This was described as a segement of a burning pit near "the little white house" (officially Bunker II), a smaller facility for gassing only, way, way in the back of the camp, beyond the Suan ...

Birkenau, 1979 For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:27:20 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Birkenau, 1979 For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

"If I had a real scrap of paper I’d probably trade it for some string. I’d use this to fasten my bowl to my waist because if I lose it I’m a goner. Without this I can’ ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:27:01 -0700

Alan Jacobs
"If I had a real scrap of paper I’d probably trade it for some string. I’d use this to fasten my bowl to my waist because if I lose it I’m a goner. Without this I can’ ...

The Krankenbau or camp hospital courtyard. Prisoners came to the hospital seeking, if nothing else, a brief respite from the killing work. Those too ill to work were killed by phenol injecti ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:26:54 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The Krankenbau or camp hospital courtyard. Prisoners came to the hospital seeking, if nothing else, a brief respite from the killing work. Those too ill to work were killed by phenol injecti ...

This was the only ventilation for a basement cell in the Auschwitz 1 punishment center, Block 11. As many as twenty prisoners were crammed tighty into a small cell and left to suffocate.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:14:45 -0700

Alan Jacobs
This was the only ventilation for a basement cell in the Auschwitz 1 punishment center, Block 11. As many as twenty prisoners were crammed tighty into a small cell and left to suffocate.

Extracting methane gas from human feces was unsucessfully attempted in cisterns like this located way in the rear of Birkenau. Every last ounce of energy was stolen from the victims. For int ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:13:20 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Extracting methane gas from human feces was unsucessfully attempted in cisterns like this located way in the rear of Birkenau. Every last ounce of energy was stolen from the victims. For int ...

It has always amazed, the thoroughness, the meticulous atteention to detail merely to surround the innocent.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:11:54 -0700

Alan Jacobs
It has always amazed, the thoroughness, the meticulous atteention to detail merely to surround the innocent.

A basement door in the SS dynamited Krematorium III, Birkenau, (photo 1980). For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:10:06 -0700

Alan Jacobs
A basement door in the SS dynamited Krematorium III, Birkenau, (photo 1980). For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

Part of the ruins of Krematorium II Birkenau, as photographed in 1980. The Nazi camp personnel, the Totenkopf SS, dismantled the gas chamber and krematorium hardware and blew up the building ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:23:20 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Part of the ruins of Krematorium II Birkenau, as photographed in 1980. The Nazi camp personnel, the Totenkopf SS, dismantled the gas chamber and krematorium hardware and blew up the building ...

Part of the ruins of Krematorium II Birkenau, as photographed in 1980. For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:22:35 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Part of the ruins of Krematorium II Birkenau, as photographed in 1980. For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

Part of the ruins of Krematorium II Birkenau, as photographed in 1980. The building in the distance is a barrack in BIb, the women's camp. For interactive map of Birkenau go to http:/ ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:21:51 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Part of the ruins of Krematorium II Birkenau, as photographed in 1980. The building in the distance is a barrack in BIb, the women's camp. For interactive map of Birkenau go to http:/ ...

Auschwitz I lamp on the electrified barbed wire fence; a lamp with no light.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:13:24 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I lamp on the electrified barbed wire fence; a lamp with no light.

Auschwitz I, 1980.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:14:07 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I, 1980.

Guard tower in Auschwitz I. The barracks in the background are two story brick structures built with prisoner labor.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:13:51 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Guard tower in Auschwitz I. The barracks in the background are two story brick structures built with prisoner labor.

One of the brick barracks in the women's camp at Birkenau. This photo can also be seen at the Cybrary of the Holocaust website , along with the following caption: Barrack consisting of "six ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:11:58 -0700

Alan Jacobs
One of the brick barracks in the women's camp at Birkenau. This photo can also be seen at the Cybrary of the Holocaust website , along with the following caption: Barrack consisting of "six ...

Cell window in Block 11 basement. Little walls were built around these windows so that all the prisoners could see was the top of the building across the courtyard. The was done to prevent t ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:43:44 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Cell window in Block 11 basement. Little walls were built around these windows so that all the prisoners could see was the top of the building across the courtyard. The was done to prevent t ...

Cell window in Block 11 basement. Little walls were built around these windows so that all the prisoners could see was the top of the building across the courtyard. The was done to prevent t ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:43:34 -0700

Into this pond were dumped the ashes of many tens of thousands of people, mostly Jews, who were gassed at Krematorium IV, just behind and to the left. The "little wood" can be seen behind th ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:10:50 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Into this pond were dumped the ashes of many tens of thousands of people, mostly Jews, who were gassed at Krematorium IV, just behind and to the left. The "little wood" can be seen behind th ...

Birkenau 1979. This tree would fall from time to time and was periodically raised by then Birkenau caretaker Urbaniak. It was in "Kanada", the place where all the possessions of those taken ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:10:16 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Birkenau 1979. This tree would fall from time to time and was periodically raised by then Birkenau caretaker Urbaniak. It was in "Kanada", the place where all the possessions of those taken ...

Polish Agency Interpress Interpreter/translator Krystyna Hnatowicz in Auschwitz Museum storeroom. She and Alan Jacobs have been married for 26 years. "Krysia" Jacobs is responsible for much ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:04:54 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Polish Agency Interpress Interpreter/translator Krystyna Hnatowicz in Auschwitz Museum storeroom. She and Alan Jacobs have been married for 26 years. "Krysia" Jacobs is responsible for much ...

Jewish prayer shawls (Tallis') stolen from those deported to Auschwiz hanging mutely in an Auschwitz Museum storage room. photo 1979.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:04:15 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Jewish prayer shawls (Tallis') stolen from those deported to Auschwiz hanging mutely in an Auschwitz Museum storage room. photo 1979.

The only remaining intact gas chamber and crematorium: Krematorium I, Auschwitz. photo 1979

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:58:06 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The only remaining intact gas chamber and crematorium: Krematorium I, Auschwitz. photo 1979

The Krankenbau or camp hospital courtyard. Prisoners came to the hospital seeking, if nothing else, a brief respite from the killing work. Those too ill to work were killed by phenol injecti ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:57:54 -0700

Urbaniak, the Birkenau caretaker, 1979.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:53:10 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Urbaniak, the Birkenau caretaker, 1979.

RR track switch handle at entrance to unloading ramp at Birkenau. photo 1979

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:44:32 -0700

Alan Jacobs
RR track switch handle at entrance to unloading ramp at Birkenau. photo 1979

Ceiling opening in gas chamber at Krematorium I through which Zylon B crystals were thrown. Zyclon B is the trade name of a cyanide-based insecticide. It was stored in airtight containers; w ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:41:35 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Ceiling opening in gas chamber at Krematorium I through which Zylon B crystals were thrown. Zyclon B is the trade name of a cyanide-based insecticide. It was stored in airtight containers; w ...

Ceiling of barrack in the women's camp , Bitkenau (BIb). See: http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html and http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/bir-womens-barrack-01.html For in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:39:46 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Ceiling of barrack in the women's camp , Bitkenau (BIb). See: http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html and http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/bir-womens-barrack-01.html For in ...

The Ramp, where over a million people were unloaded off freight trains and sent to their deaths in the gas chambers. photo 1979 For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remem ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:37:59 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The Ramp, where over a million people were unloaded off freight trains and sent to their deaths in the gas chambers. photo 1979 For interactive map of Birkenau go to http://www.remem ...

Door latch to Birkenau barrack in the quarantine camp, BIIa, Birkenau. For view of interior go to: http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/bir-mens-barrack-01.html For interactive map of Bir ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:33:53 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Door latch to Birkenau barrack in the quarantine camp, BIIa, Birkenau. For view of interior go to: http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/bir-mens-barrack-01.html For interactive map of Bir ...

View of the ramp at Birkenau from the back. On each side of these tracks were crematoria and gas chambers, (KII, KIII) For views of them go to interactive map of Birkenau http://www.r ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:52:51 -0700

Alan Jacobs
View of the ramp at Birkenau from the back. On each side of these tracks were crematoria and gas chambers, (KII, KIII) For views of them go to interactive map of Birkenau http://www.r ...

I arrived in Poland in June 1979 just a week after Pope John Paul II had conducted a mass at Birkenau. There were many places where people left flowers, many on the wires. The flower is as I ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:06:36 -0700

Alan Jacobs
I arrived in Poland in June 1979 just a week after Pope John Paul II had conducted a mass at Birkenau. There were many places where people left flowers, many on the wires. The flower is as I ...

Auschwitz I, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:34:59 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I, 2004

Auschwitz I, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:46:04 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I, 2004

Auschwitz I, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:52:24 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I, 2004

Krematorium I. Auschwitz I, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:05:25 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Krematorium I. Auschwitz I, 2004

Men's quarantine camp BIIa, Birkenau, 2004 For orientation see hot map at http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html Just click on a red rectangle and it will take you to that spot.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:14:42 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Men's quarantine camp BIIa, Birkenau, 2004 For orientation see hot map at http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html Just click on a red rectangle and it will take you to that spot.

Ruins of Krematorium V, 2004, destroyed by the SS in Jan. 1945 in order ro avoid discovery by the advancing Russians.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:16:48 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Ruins of Krematorium V, 2004, destroyed by the SS in Jan. 1945 in order ro avoid discovery by the advancing Russians.

Kanada, Birkenau, 2004. These foundations are all that is left of the barrack/warehouses, used by the Nazis to sort and store the possessions stolen from victims arriving in cattle cars. Go ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:55:03 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Kanada, Birkenau, 2004. These foundations are all that is left of the barrack/warehouses, used by the Nazis to sort and store the possessions stolen from victims arriving in cattle cars. Go ...

Krematorium I. Auschwitz I, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:22:43 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Krematorium I. Auschwitz I, 2004

Jake shooting virtual tour 2004. See http://www.remember.org/auschwitz/

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:11:50 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Jake shooting virtual tour 2004. See http://www.remember.org/auschwitz/

Bars down to the punishment cells in the basement of Block 11. Most modern prisons have an isolation unit, colloquially known as "the hole". Block ii was a place of torture, murder by shooti ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:42:39 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Bars down to the punishment cells in the basement of Block 11. Most modern prisons have an isolation unit, colloquially known as "the hole". Block ii was a place of torture, murder by shooti ...

Krystyna Jacobs at Birkenau ramp, 2004. She is responsible for doing the technical work on the virtual tour. She also assisted in the shoot.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:50:23 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Krystyna Jacobs at Birkenau ramp, 2004. She is responsible for doing the technical work on the virtual tour. She also assisted in the shoot.

Birkenau ramp, 2004.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:51:25 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Birkenau ramp, 2004.

Entrance to Auschwitz I. "Work Makes Freedom". 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:21:51 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Entrance to Auschwitz I. "Work Makes Freedom". 2004

Auschwitz I, stairs to model of the gassing process in Birkenau's Krematorium II. See http://www.remember.org/auschwitz/bir.php?id=12

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:01:03 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I, stairs to model of the gassing process in Birkenau's Krematorium II. See http://www.remember.org/auschwitz/bir.php?id=12

The unloading ramp Birkenau, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:09:13 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The unloading ramp Birkenau, 2004

Orderly House on the Ramp at Birkenau, 2004.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:12:09 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Orderly House on the Ramp at Birkenau, 2004.

Entrance to undressing room Krematorium II, Birkenau 2004. See http://www.remember.org/auschwitz/bir.php?id=12

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:31:24 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Entrance to undressing room Krematorium II, Birkenau 2004. See http://www.remember.org/auschwitz/bir.php?id=12

"Appel"... roll-call. © Jan Komski 2000. Jan Komski was a survivor of both Auschwitz and Birkenau. See http://www.remember.org/komski/index.html for much more of his work and his story.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:58:54 -0700

Alan Jacobs
"Appel"... roll-call. © Jan Komski 2000. Jan Komski was a survivor of both Auschwitz and Birkenau. See http://www.remember.org/komski/index.html for much more of his work and his story.

Auschwitz I, 2004: Appel, roll-call, square See previous #51

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:52:01 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I, 2004: Appel, roll-call, square See previous #51

Jews were told to bring their essential belongings on the transport to "Relocation". Immediately on unloading, these were taken away and sorted in large warehouses in a section of Birkenau n ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:01:46 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Jews were told to bring their essential belongings on the transport to "Relocation". Immediately on unloading, these were taken away and sorted in large warehouses in a section of Birkenau n ...

BIR 01 SUNSET.jpg

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:09:24 -0700

Alan Jacobs
BIR 01 SUNSET.jpg

Jews were told to bring their essential belongings on the transport to "Relocation". Immediately on unloading, these were taken away and sorted in large warehouses in a section of Birkenau n ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:16:35 -0700

In the field near Krematorium IV, Birkernau, 2004.

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:18:41 -0700

Alan Jacobs
In the field near Krematorium IV, Birkernau, 2004.

Auschwitz I SS administration building. It now holds Auschwitz Museum staff. 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:04:37 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Auschwitz I SS administration building. It now holds Auschwitz Museum staff. 2004

Guard tower Auschwitz !, 2004

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:06:22 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Guard tower Auschwitz !, 2004

This is the beginning of "the ramp" at Birkenau (Auschwitz II). It commonly known as simply "Auschwitz". It was the second and largest of the two Auschwitz camps; built to murder the Jews ma ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:40:07 -0700

Alan Jacobs
This is the beginning of "the ramp" at Birkenau (Auschwitz II). It commonly known as simply "Auschwitz". It was the second and largest of the two Auschwitz camps; built to murder the Jews ma ...

The street between BIIa and BIIb, Birkenau. See interactive map at http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:41:28 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The street between BIIa and BIIb, Birkenau. See interactive map at http://www.remember.org/camps/birkenau/index.html

The Birkenau caretaker Urbaniak standing on the edge of a cremation pit near the gas chamber: "The White Farmhouse" 1979

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:48:21 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The Birkenau caretaker Urbaniak standing on the edge of a cremation pit near the gas chamber: "The White Farmhouse" 1979

The is the polish name for the place the Germans called Auschwitz. When the occupied Poland they incorporated Silesia in to the german reich and changed all the names of citie, toens, and pl ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:50:18 -0700

Alan Jacobs
The is the polish name for the place the Germans called Auschwitz. When the occupied Poland they incorporated Silesia in to the german reich and changed all the names of citie, toens, and pl ...

Entrance to the gas chamber at Krematorium I, Auschwitz, 1979

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:56:39 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Entrance to the gas chamber at Krematorium I, Auschwitz, 1979

Luggage taken from Jews who were brought to the camp in cattle cars in Auschwitz Museum. These names were probably the only trace of them left. photo 1995

nobody@smugmug.com (Alan Jacobs) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:59:54 -0700

Alan Jacobs
Luggage taken from Jews who were brought to the camp in cattle cars in Auschwitz Museum. These names were probably the only trace of them left. photo 1995