The ruins of the underground gas chamber at Crematorium II at the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz Birkenau.
The ruins of the underground gas chamber at Crematorium II at the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz Birkenau. The gas chamber and Crematorium II functioned from March 1943 through November 1944. At the end of the war, the camp authorities ordered the demolition of the furnaces and crematorium building in November 1944. On January 20, 1945, the SS blew up whatever had not been removed.
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Location: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim, Poland
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
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