About Treblinka Concentration Camp The camp near the Poniatowo village, better known as Treblinka, is second of the best-known German concentration camps in Poland. Many noble people lost their lives there for example Janusz Korczak, Artur Gold or Bruno Winawer. Camp was divided for two parts – labour-camp and extermination camp. The labour-camp came into […]
Monument of Jewish Mother with Child Sobibor Extermination Camp SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor was an extermination camp, founded in the same time as Belzec and Treblinka, in 1942 during the Einsatz Reinhard – the German action of extermination Jewish nation. It was built by prisoners near the Sobibor village in the neighborhood of railroad trail between Chelm […]
Crematory in Majdanek – Majdanek Concentration Camp Majdanek Concentration Camp The official name is Konzentrationslager Lublin (Concentration Camp Lublin). Colloquial name has came from the name of Lublin’s district – Majdan Tatarski where the camp was founded. In the beginning Majdanek was a small camp for POW‘s, later for Jews displacement from Zamojszczyzna (Region in […]
Belzec Concentration Camp Belzec Monument Made of Railroad Tracks’ Pieces Next to the Auschwitz, Belzec was one of the biggest German extermination camps, created on Polish territory under Nazis occupation. Full name of this camp was Sonderkommando Belzec der Waffen-SS. It was placed near the Belzec village next to the railway trail between Lublin and […]
The Only Way to Freedom… Auschwitz Victims Chimneys of Crematory “The only way to freedom is through the chimney” – it was the most popular Nazi slogan next to “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Brings Freedom”). German soldiers wanted to break the will of prisoners by showing them that there was no chance to survive the […]
Auschwitz Today Forgive but never forget! The March of Living On 8th May 1945 after the most horrible armed conflicts World War II reached an end. After over 6 years of fighting the whole world was very exhausted. War left behind ashes, hunger, diseases and millions of deaths. People had to rebuild their lives. They […]
Auschwitz III Monowitz The Auschwitz Camp is one of the most frequently visited places in Poland. Every year millions of tourists from the country and abroad come here to meet one of the darkest pieces of human history. Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau are very well-known. There are not many people who haven’t heard […]
The most famous fugitive capt. Pilecki Escape from Auschwitz During the Nazi occupation of Poland, Germans created a terrifying death machine. Although it seemed that the prisoners’ fate had been sealed, many of them hoped to escape that hell on earth. It required a great deal of courage and the success was never guaranteed, but […]
Auschwitz Women photo from www.dailymail.co.uk Concentration Camps Wardresses Hard times tend to reach to the core of human nature. One’s behavior during the worst moments of life can clearly show us people’s real nature, either good or evil. The perfect example of the above observation is the story of women who were either imprisoned or […]
Sign Above the Auschwitz Gate Arbeit Macht Frei The Walk of Pain Thousands of prisoners passed the Auschwitz Gate twice every day. First time, early in the morning, when they were going to work and the second time, when they were coming back, often carried by friends because of extreme fatigue. Every morning they […]