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The
buildings of the main camp are made of red bricks,
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The
iron gate welcomes with the inscription:
ARBEIT MACHT FREI -- WORK LIBERATES.
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Inside,
several huge rooms each filled with hair, combs,
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. . eyeglasses, razors, belts, shoes . . .
. . . many of them children shoes, toys, dolls . . .
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Birkenau, Birch Forest . . .
The forest of chimneys spread for miles along the
railway tracks welcomes us...
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only a few survived and the dead forest of
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Gas
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crematoria-furnaces right behind, all’s neat and
efficient, 3 million people were killed
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the above slide shows the gate to the camp of Brzezinka
gass chambers and crema were behind me when I was taking
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She’s
already taken off, marches, measures her steps, like
someone who knows exactly where she is going.
I follow her into one of the barracks.
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. . . an
alcove maybe 2 by 2 yards. . .
10-12 women shared the bunk, one sometimes two
blankets
“It wasn't all bad. We cuddled when it was
cold.”
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"one
who does not remember the mistakes of history
is bound to relive them"
My
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