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* Seven of the photographs in this study were taken during a ten-day research visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in June of 1998. Permission was graciously granted for our research team to walk on the collapsed roof of the gas chambers attached to Crematoriums II and II. Permission was also granted for taking photographs within the gas chamber of Crematorium II. Several hundred pictures were taken with both digital and conventional cameras during the research trip. These will form part of a major study which will be published on the Internet in due course.

The roof of the gas chamber in Crematorium III is totally demolished and lying in fragments on the floor of the chamber. The roof of the gas chamber in Crematorium II is severely damaged, and except for a small raised area at one end, cannot be seen from the inside.

The eighth picture was obtained from the archives of the Auschwitz State Museum to whom we extend our most grateful thanks.

To view the pictures, please click on the links below:



Photo 1: Crematorium II — Ruins of the gas chamber.

Photo 2: Crematorium II — View of the gas chamber from the furnace area.

Photo 3: Crematorium II — Tangled reinforcing bars.

Photo 4: Crematorium II — Brick Wall at the far end of the Gas Chamber.

Photo 5: Crematorium II — Interior View of Collapsed Wall and Ceiling.

Photo 6: Crematorium II — Collapsed Concrete Roof of Gas Chamber.

Photo 7: Crematorium II — Rubble within the Gas Chamber

Photo 8: Fence made of birch saplings to shield view of Gas Chambers

Photo 9: Workers laying Reinforcing Bar (rebar) on the roof of Crematorium II

A second visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June/July 2000 resulted in several thousand new photographs. Careful research has led to the identification of three of four Zyklon-B introduction holes. Photographs will be added from time to time to complete this archive.


Photo 20003 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #1 - cut rebar.
 Photo 20004 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #1 - NE corner.
 Photo 20005 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #1.
 Photo 20008 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Damaged Support Column #2.
 Photo 20014 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Ceiling, Fake Shower Support Block. 
 Photo 20018 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Ceiling, Cast Hole for Support Block.
 Photo 20021 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Perforated Suppport Column
 Photo 20034 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #4
 Photo 20050 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Central Support Beam
 Photo 20053 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Roof, viewed from S. to N.
 Photo 20055 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Roof, viewed from S. to N.
 Photo 20057 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Fake Shower Support Block.
 Photo 20060 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Steel Rebar in Ceiling.
 Photo 20065 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Close-up of Fake Shower Block.
 Photo 20070 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Fake Shower Support Block.
 Photo 20072 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Cast Hole for Fake Shower Block.
 Photo 20076 Crematorium II, Inside Gas Chamber, Cast Hole for Fake Shower Block.
 Photo 20091 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Roof, Hole #2, Rebar Spacing. 
 Photo 20092 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Roof, Hole #2, Rebar Spacing.
 Photo 20093 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber Roof, Hole #2, Cut Rebar.
   
   
Photo 20097a Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #4
 Photo 20108 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #1 (detail)
 Photo 20109 Crematorium II, Gas Chamber, Zyklon Introduction Hole #1 (detail)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
* Auschwitz Birkenau
* Photographs taken in the Concentration Camp