Frozen hell
The 27th of January is internationally recognized as the Holocaust rememberence day since the most infamous of all the extermination camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated the 27th of January 1945 so I though this might be an appropriate photo.
this is the electrified barbed wire fence surrounding the original camp later known as "Auschwitz I" which entrance states the deceptive "Arbeit macht frei". It is located in the small polish city of Oświęcim but it is the german name Auschwitz which has immortalized the town.
The day we visited it was snowing constantly and the cold was biting which made photography somewhat difficult but gave some sense of what the hardships of the prisoners even though it is hard to comprehend the full scope of the hell they went through.
The site has been recognized as a UNESCO world heritage since 1974 but the inscribed name was recently clarified to "German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp". Unlike most world heritages Auschwitz isn't inscribed to celebrate the diversity of humanity - It is inscribed to help us remember because as the saying goes: He who does not know history is condemned to repeat it.
You should watch this Large On Black since that brings out much more details. My pictures aren't balanced for a white background and a lot of the finer details are lost in this small format.
Frozen hell
The 27th of January is internationally recognized as the Holocaust rememberence day since the most infamous of all the extermination camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated the 27th of January 1945 so I though this might be an appropriate photo.
this is the electrified barbed wire fence surrounding the original camp later known as "Auschwitz I" which entrance states the deceptive "Arbeit macht frei". It is located in the small polish city of Oświęcim but it is the german name Auschwitz which has immortalized the town.
The day we visited it was snowing constantly and the cold was biting which made photography somewhat difficult but gave some sense of what the hardships of the prisoners even though it is hard to comprehend the full scope of the hell they went through.
The site has been recognized as a UNESCO world heritage since 1974 but the inscribed name was recently clarified to "German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp". Unlike most world heritages Auschwitz isn't inscribed to celebrate the diversity of humanity - It is inscribed to help us remember because as the saying goes: He who does not know history is condemned to repeat it.
You should watch this Large On Black since that brings out much more details. My pictures aren't balanced for a white background and a lot of the finer details are lost in this small format.