From my vague recollection,
1: Main entrance. Trains would enter here and pull up to the long platform.
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Prisoner platform that ran a few hundreds meters in length.
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An officer/doctor would be at a table around here, and would evaluate in a moment whether they were to be sent to the housing sheds, (4) (6), or if they were to walk down to gas chambers located at 5.
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Intact “housing” sheds that have not been demolished and are currently preserved.
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Mass extermination gas chambers and four crematoriums.
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Razed “housing” sheds after the liberation of Auschwitz Berkenau (Auschwitz II). I think nearby residents and farmers took a lot of the material for rebuilding the area after the Nazi’s lost the camp to the Soviets.
Taking a tour around Auschwitz and Auschwitz II was a very sobering experience that left me quite numb… and while it was quite upsetting, worth doing if you can make the journey
Yeah if i remember correctly you are right. But I can add that at 5 the gas chambers are basically gone, but right behind them, the big grey area we see, is a big memorial that has been build afterwards.
Also i believe the building on the left was some kind of workcamp where a few prisoners were “allowed” to help kill their fellow prisoners in some way.
Source: Was there 2020 right before the pandemic. One day Ausschwitz 1, one day Ausschwitz 2. Harrowing experience, but I can still only recommend visiting both.