Summer 2005 (8-11 August) - Krakow, Auschwitz and the Salt Mine
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Entrance to Auschwitz I - Arbeit Macht Frei ("Work Makes You Free").

Entrance to Auschwitz I, second perspective.

Barracks, Auschwitz I. This is where the Nazis housed their deportees/victims at Auschwitz I. In comparison, these buildings were for those fit to work.

Guard Tower, Auschwitz I.

Along the Guard Fence, Auschwitz I.

Entrance to Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

Along the Tracks, Auschwitz II - Birkenau. It is along these tracks that the Nazis determined if people were fit to work or condemned to death.

Barracks, Auschwitz II - Birkenau. This is where the Nazis housed their deportees/victims. These were the buildings for the condemned. The building in the foreground is a wash and toilet house.

Ruins of a Crematorium, Auschwitz II - Birkenau. These are the ruins of but one of the crematoriums at Birkenau. These buildings could exterminate 2000 people in a single round. The Nazis destroyed them before fleeing.

Guard Tower, Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

Ruined barracks and the fence, Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

Just for perspective: the fence, Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

A bird on the fence, Auschwitz II - Birkenau.

The Cloth Hall, Krakow.

Wawel Castle as seen from the Wisla, Krakow.

Wawel Castle, Krakow.

Wawel Castle, Krakow.

Wawel Castle, Krakow - in the foreground is a photo of what it looked like ca. WWII.

Wawel Castle, Krakow.

A view out of Wawel Castle, Krakow.

Yours truly at Wawel Castle, Krakow.

Wawel Cathedral, Krakow.

Looking out of Wawel Cathedral, Krakow.

Looking out of Wawel Cathedral, Krakow.

The Sigismund Bell in Wawel Cathedral, Krakow.

St Mary's Cathedral, Krakow.

Looking out of St. Mary's tower, Krakow.

Collegium Maius, Krakow.

The barbican and the building, Krakow - the Barbican is in the foreground on the left.

Along the Wisla River, Krakow.

In memory of Dzok, Krakow.

Soviet-era statue, Krakow.

A wall "in memory" outside a synagogue, Krakow.

A group of teenagers in traditional dress, Krakow.

The look down the stairs into the Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Statue of Copernicus made out of rock salt, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

St Kinga, Patron Saint of Miners, statue, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Statue of a workhorse, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Elevator, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

St Kinga's Chapel, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

St Kinga's Chapel, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

John Paul II statue, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Rock salt chandelier, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Rock salt chandelier, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Saltwater aqueduct, Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Jozef Pilsudski chamber, Wieliczka Salt Mine.



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