"Birke" is German for birch.
| Krackau/Auschwitz-Birkenau 2010 | |
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| Easter Market, Krackau Main Square | |
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| Krackau Cathedral, where Pope John Paul II served | |
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| Theater Plaza | |
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| Old Tower Gate | |
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| Tupperware stand at Main Square where I bought a large order of items. | |
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| New Tower Gate | |
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| Grunwald Statue | |
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| Approaching Auschwitz entrance | |
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| Inside the Camp | |
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| Execution Wall | |
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| Auschwitz crematorium | |
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| Birkenau Entrance | |
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| Birkenau grounds | |
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| Following tour group | |
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| From gate-tower | |
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| Ash pits | |
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| Prisoner latrines | |
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| View from gate -tower | |
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| View towards gate-tower | |
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| Entrance to crematorium showers | |
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| Water facilities | |
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| Birkenau memorial | |
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| Crematorium ruins | |
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| Would have been a great picture without the services vehicles but I waited almost an hour and they never moved. Pity.... | |
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The rear boundary of the camp. Behind is a
birch tree grove. "Birke" is German for birch. |
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| Letter left in barracks | |
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| I discovered Coffee Heaven in Krackau. Fabulous coffee but only in eastern Europe. | |
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