Popular Post ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Popular Post Share #1 Posted July 27, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Auschwitz - Birkenau II 1.3 million perished, of whom 1.1 million were Jews. Auschwitz-Birkenau was built to 'perfect' the Nazis abilities to commit mass murder. The vastness is stunning. 450 acres. Over 100,000 people could be held in sub-human conditions, if they were the 'more fortunate' not to be immediately signaled to "go to the right" directly to the gas chamber as they exited the cattle car which had transported them from their homes throughout Europe. Anyone wishing to contribute photographs is welcome to do so. Thanks, Rob Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 24 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562442'>More sharing options...
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Popular Post ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Popular Post Share #2 Posted July 27, 2018 Field of death Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 23 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562444'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted July 27, 2018 Four prisoners to a bunk section. Poor heating and 300 calories per day. Hard labor. Inadequate clothing. Sadistic conditions. Many did not live for more than a few months before succumbing. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 19 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562460'>More sharing options...
Boojay Posted July 27, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) The horror of it all must be palpable while there Rob, it is somewhere that has been in the back of my mind to visit for a very long time, just never sure I am up to it. Thank you for sharing yours. Edited July 27, 2018 by Boojay 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted July 27, 2018 Infamous "Block 10" at Auschwitz 1, where Joseph Mengele and other Nazi doctors performed their sadistic experimentation on Camp inmates. Mengele fled after WWII and was never brought to justice. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562470'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) The horror of it all must be palpable while there Rob, it is somewhere that has been in the back of my mind to visit for a very long time, just never sure I am up to it. Thank you for sharing yours. Thanks for your post Boojay. The visit compels one to contemplate man's capacity for evil and sadism, and how "it" could have happened; how a modern, Westernized, educated nation could have been coopted into massive murder. Our guide pointed out that many of the Nazi actors were just ordinary citizens from all strata of German society. No doubt, there were many righteous people who were repulsed by the Nazis, but far too many supporters involved in the efforts were the citizenry. Nor do the U.S. or U.K deserve a pass, as both Roosevelt and Churchill refused requests to at bomb the railway lines so as to hamper and hinder the Nazis efforts to exterminate the Jews. Many thoughts, many thoughts. Rob Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzX Posted July 27, 2018 Share #7 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I am very, very sad when I see photos from these horrible locations. And I remember an old latin sentence, which was always valid and is still valid: Homo est lupus homini. Nearby Linz there existed and exist 2 similiar horrible locations - not as big as Ausschwitz, but even there many, many people have been tortured and murdered. . One of them is Mauthausen, the other is Hartheim. The first one was a Nazi KZ, the second one a location, where mainly mentally handicapped children and grown up people have been killed.Today both are memorial places.Let us hope that times like these never may come back. Edited July 27, 2018 by HeinzX 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted July 27, 2018 Share #8 Posted July 27, 2018 I visited Dachau - now a suburb of Munich - many years ago and recall a quote along the lines of "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" I've not been to Auschwitz but "want" to so I can never forget (and Dachau was hard enough) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Heinz and James, Thank you for your thoughts. To never forget is so important. To try to understand is compelling. Rob The day that I visited, the setting in Auschwitz 1 was like a lovely park, with beautifully manicured trees, perfectly assembled buildings in a row. The sun eventually peeked through the day and I thought: what a contrast to the reality what had happened here some 70+ years ago. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 17 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562533'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) To prevent a sudden panic, a Jewish orchestra was compelled to perform music in this spot as new camp arrivals entered, not knowing the fate that was to befall them. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562535'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Here's the wall against which one might be placed before a bullet was placed into one's head. To the left (bottom photo) are 2 posts, where a person might be hung up with one's torso bound, until one's shoulders dislocated. And, then, not being able to work got one sent to the gas chamber. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562542'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) The barbed wire was electrified with 10,000 volts. Many chose to end their further suffering by throwing themselves against the fence. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 17 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562545'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) For all camp inmates to see people would be hanged in this more public location. A noose around the neck and a chair under their feet. Those to be executed might be left with their hands bound and the noose in place for hours on end, before the chair was kicked away. Some chose their immediate end by simply kicking their own chair away. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562553'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted July 27, 2018 The latrines in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Sanitized and nice and clean in the photo, yet, there remains a stench in the air. It is difficult to imagine the conditions which existed, when one considers that users were sick with diarrhea, and other maladies bringing them close to death. Prisoners were required to shovel out the excrement under the "bowls", which were nothing more than one hole after another in the concrete base. Plumbing was initially quite poor, until some Nazis died from typhus. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 14 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562566'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Arriving Jews were stripped of their belongings. Hair was cut off and re-used to make rope and other items. After death, gold was removed from their teeth. Possessions were shipped to a central Nazi depot for re-use. The inmates possessions was scavenged through and through by the Nazis. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 11 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562571'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted July 27, 2018 Auschwitz 1. Inside looking out. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 12 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562577'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #17 Posted July 27, 2018 Wall display . . . Hungarian Jews arriving at Auschwitz Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562578'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #18 Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Arriving Jews soon met their fate. Zyklon B in the gas chamber. Asphyxiation within 20 minutes when pellets were dropped into chimneys in what was designed to look like showers. They were told to strip naked outside before going to shower after their long train rides. Zyklon B was a rat poison and it was determined that this would be the cheapest and most efficient method for extermination. Auschwitz-Birkenau II was masterminded to become the largest and most efficient method for extermination and to effect the "final solution" for the Jews. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 27, 2018 by ropo54 11 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562581'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share #19 Posted July 27, 2018 Mothers and children were usually sent to death upon arrival by a Nazi who pointed one to the right or left, to work or the gas chamber. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562587'>More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share #20 Posted July 28, 2018 Auschwitz-Birkenau II . . . the vastness Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286989-auschwitz/?do=findComment&comment=3562655'>More sharing options...
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