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EmersonBigguns · 05-04-2008, 12:56 PM

In this courtyard the SS murdered thousands, usually by gun shot. The windows on the adjacent buildings are boarded and bricked up to not allow other prisoners being held there to see what was happening in the courtyard. Dr. Mengela performed some his grotesque ‘experiments’ in both of the buildings seen here.

Memorial in the courtyard with a replica gunfire backstop set up what is known as “the death wall”.

Entrance to the gas chamber and crematorium. This facility was used between Fall 1941 and Summer 1943. After 1943, mass executions were transferred to the facilities at Auschwtz II. This facility could handle the murder and cremation of approximately 350 persons per day.

On this platform on April 16, 1947, Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolph Hoss was hung after being found guilty of murder by Polish authorities. The gallows were built on the site of the former Gestapo barracks where many prisoners had been interrogated and tortured before being sent to their deaths.

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EmersonBigguns Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 99	In this courtyard the SS murdered thousands, usually by gun shot. The windows on the adjacent buildings are boarded and bricked up to not allow other prisoners being held there to see what was happening in the courtyard. Dr. Mengela performed some his grotesque ‘experiments’ in both of the buildings seen here. Memorial in the courtyard with a replica gunfire backstop set up what is known as “the death wall”. Entrance to the gas chamber and crematorium. This facility was used between Fall 1941 and Summer 1943. After 1943, mass executions were transferred to the facilities at Auschwtz II. This facility could handle the murder and cremation of approximately 350 persons per day. On this platform on April 16, 1947, Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolph Hoss was hung after being found guilty of murder by Polish authorities. The gallows were built on the site of the former Gestapo barracks where many prisoners had been interrogated and tortured before being sent to their deaths.