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Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Warning sign of the fence system that was electrified.
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Fence system that consisted of barbed wire.
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Water in the 'swimming pool' was used by the fire department.. It was presented as a swimming pool and used by the guards as such.
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Warning sign of the fence system that was electrified.
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Fence system that consisted of barbed wire.
Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, southern Poland. It was established by the Germans in 1940. Its first prisoners were Poles. Initially the inmates also included a small group of Jews and some Germans; the latter generally performed supervisory roles in the camp. In subsequent years prisoners of other nationalities were also sent there. From 1942 the vast majority of those sent to Auschwitz were Jews and they also accounted for the largest number of its victims. Other very large groups of inmates and victims included the Poles, the Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. (info: www.auschwitz.org).
Water in the 'swimming pool' was used by the fire department.. It was presented as a swimming pool and used by the guards as such.