Auschwitz 1: "The Gas Chamber"

The gas chamber

Entrance to the gas chamber added by the Germans when the gas
chamber/crematorium was converted to an air-raid shelter in 1943

Entrance to the gas chamber added by the Germans when the gas
chamber/crematorium was converted to an air-raid shelter in 1943

Roof of the gas chamber/crematorium with the four Zyklon-B introduction
chimneys (on the left of the roof) "re-opened" by the Soviets.

Roof of the gas chamber/crematorium with the original
chimneys for the crematorium ovens in the centre

Soviet "re-construction" of the chimney next to,
but not attached to, gas chamber/crematorium 

Soviet "re-construction" of the chimney next to,
but not attached to, gas chamber/crematorium

Entrance to the gas chamber/crematorium, the original door to the
crematorium was converted into the window on the left by the Soviets

Sign outside the gas chamber/crematorium 

Enlargement

Enlargement

First room inside the gas chamber/crematorium 

Enlargement

Second room inside the gas chamber/crematorium

Gas chamber door

Gas chamber door with glass panel

Door handle on the same door

The gas chamber

Gas chamber with barrier controlling which parts you're supposed to see

Gas chamber from the opposite end

The draughty looking gas chamber door at the far end of the gas chamber

One of the four holes in the roof "reopened" by the
Soviets, through which Zyklon B was dropped

One of the four holes in the roof "reopened" by the
Soviets, through which Zyklon B was dropped

Wall of the gas chamber, from which something was removed

The man-hole in the gas chamber

The man-hole in the gas chamber

The man-hole in the gas chamber

Drain in the gas chamber

Doorway between gas chamber and crematorium
"re-opened" by the Soviets with sledgehammers 

Doorway between gas chamber and crematorium
"re-opened" by the Soviets with sledgehammers

Doorway between gas chamber and crematorium
"re-opened" by the Soviets with sledgehammers

The crematorium

Crematory oven reconstructed by the Soviets

Top of same crematory oven

Rear of same crematory oven

The other crematory oven, notice the window in the back wall

View through that window into the office/storage room

Photo of the former door to the crematorium, bricked-up into a window by the Soviets

Some people on their way to the gas chamber

The gas chamber as viewed from the busy road next to it

The gas chamber as viewed from behind the Auschwitz 1
bicycle shed, where Dr. Mengele likely parked his bicycle