This is my entry for the daily #monomad challenge which is hosted by #monochromes
It was mid December and on one of my many adventures I found my self here., a place ide always wanted to see for myself. It was minus 10 and and snow covered the ground.. On arrival you can't but notice the gates looming, with the German phrase "Work Sets You Free"..
A wandered out across the yard, with long barrack type buildings either side of me, barbed wire everywhere you looked.. The first building I went Into was on several levels, large rooms on each side of me, sacks and straw thrown around the floors, sleeping spaces for the privileged ones.
The upper lever had been layed out with different rooms, this is where the enormity of what happen really hit me..
Shoes.. many children's..
Suitcases.. People's lives scrapped together, never to be unpacked.
Human Hair.. some plated some in bundles like wool..
Hairbrushs, combs, shaving brushes..
Glasses..
Empty gas canisters..
I made my way to another building, this housed people in small rooms, some with windows some without. Experiments were taken place here, on people.
Outside was a small square building with a chimney, this was one of the crematoriums..
Across the road is where the trains arrived Birkenhaus. rows and rows of dozens of buildings as far as you could see, homes to the many thousands. The toilet block gives you an idea of the size of this camp, this was one of many.
The Train Tracks arrive in from several directions, but all led to one ending...
A memorial sits at the end of where one of the gas Chambers used to be, and Roses and keepsakes lovingly surround them..
That evening as I sat in my room, I opened the door and looked out at the freezing wet misty night. Images of what ide seen filled my head, I can honestly say I wouldn't of lasted a few hours outside under the conditions they had to endure. I haven't gone into detail as the is so much online. My photos, although upsetting also represents a visual collection, a reminder, that history can never repeat itself. Thankyou.
