Main Gate and Guard Tower
Sign above the gate facetiously reads "Arbeit Macht Frei" - "Work Brings
Freedom"
The camp orchestra played here so that the prisoners would march better
during roll call
Photo taken from Cell Block No. 14, Russian POW's Block
Gas Chamber
Inside the first gas chamber built by the Germans
This was the model for all other gas chambers built by the SS
At the time of its use false shower heads protruded from the ceiling
It was here that the killing power of Zyklon B was realized
The Crematorium
Located in the room adjacent to the gas chamber
Bodies were loaded two at a time into the furnaces for cremation
Hundreds of bodies could be burned a day
The Death Wall
Wall against which 1000's of people were executed
The changing room is on the right where they removed their clothing
They were then lead into the courtyard and shot against this wall