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. |
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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. |
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Along the Guard Fence, Auschwitz I. |
Entrance to Auschwitz II - Birkenau. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ruined barracks and the fence, Auschwitz II - Birkenau. |
Just for perspective: the fence, Auschwitz II - Birkenau. |
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A bird on the fence, Auschwitz II - Birkenau. |
The Cloth Hall, Krakow. |
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Wawel Castle as seen from the Wisla, Krakow. |
Wawel Castle, Krakow. |
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Wawel Castle, Krakow. |
Wawel Castle, Krakow - in the foreground is a photo of what it looked like ca. WWII. |
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Wawel Castle, Krakow. |
A view out of Wawel Castle, Krakow. |
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Yours truly at Wawel Castle, Krakow. |
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow. |
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Looking out of Wawel Cathedral, Krakow. |
Looking out of Wawel Cathedral, Krakow. |
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The Sigismund Bell in Wawel Cathedral, Krakow. |
St Mary's Cathedral, Krakow. |
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Looking out of St. Mary's tower, Krakow. |
Collegium Maius, Krakow. |
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The barbican and the building, Krakow - the Barbican is in the foreground on the left. |
Along the Wisla River, Krakow. |
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In memory of Dzok, Krakow. |
Soviet-era statue, Krakow. |
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A wall "in memory" outside a synagogue, Krakow. |
A group of teenagers in traditional dress, Krakow. |
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The look down the stairs into the Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
Statue of Copernicus made out of rock salt, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
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St Kinga, Patron Saint of Miners, statue, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
Statue of a workhorse, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
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Elevator, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
St Kinga's Chapel, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
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St Kinga's Chapel, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
John Paul II statue, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
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Rock salt chandelier, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
Rock salt chandelier, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
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Saltwater aqueduct, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |
Jozef Pilsudski chamber, Wieliczka Salt Mine. |