Historical pictures and documents
Ruins of gas chambers
Ruins of gas chambers blew up by Germans running away from the Soviets in January 1945.
Murdered before liberation
When the Red Army liberated the camp on January 27, 1945, there were more than 200 bodies killed or died just before the liberation.
Children after liberation
From among 230 000 children deported to KL Auschwitz only 700 were liberated.
Auschwitz I after liberation
Author: Zbigniew Klawender
Auschwitz I after liberation
Ruins of crematory III
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Ruins of crematory III
Property of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
Property of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
Property of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
Property of murdered people
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Piles of personal belongings left after mass extermination.
Camp after liberation
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Camp after liberation
Camp after liberation
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Camp after liberation
Camp after liberation
Author: Stanisław Mucha
Camp after liberation
Transportation to hospitals
Transportation of prisoners from KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau to hospitals.
Camp after liberation
Camp after liberation
Birkenau after liberation
Guards from the then State Museum in Oświęcim standing at the ruins of crematory and gas chamber II (1948).
Former prisoners leaving field hospital
Former prisoners, patients of Soviet field hospital, leave the site of the camp after convalescence.
Liberated prisoners
Liberated prisoners
View from a watchtower
A view from one of the watchtowers on the camp loundry and Blocks 28 and 27.
Yard of Block 11
The yard of Block 11 in Auschwitz I before reconstruction of the "Wall of Death".
Entrance to the Museum
The entrance to the Museum from the side of Więźniów Oświęcimia street.
Monument in Birkenau
The monument remembering Jewish victims of KL Auschwitz at the end of the unloading ramp in Birkenau.
Liberated prisoners
Liberated prisoners
Opening of the Museum
The ceremony of Museum opening. The then prime minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (former prisoner of KL Auschwitz) is giving a speech.
Ruins of crematory and gas chamber II
Ruins of crematory and gas chamber II
Fragment of the first exhibition
Fragment of the first exhibition
Hospital for liberated prisoners
Hospital for liberated prisoners
Sector BIa
Author: M. Kieta, May 1946
A fragment of Sector BIa in Birkenau. In the background—the main gate.
Survived prisoner
Most of the liberated prisoners were in critical condition. For the a Red Cross hospital was created in Auschwitz I.
Wojana Taus from Jugoslavia and Katarina Beer from the Czech Republic
Wojana Taus from Jugoslavia and Katarina Beer from the Czech Republic
