Synonym of human cruelty

Of the Auschwitz concentration camp Oswiecim (Auschwitz) does not fall into the category of "cultural attractions", but to date the former factory of death has become an object, which necessarily have to visit to get into the spirit of the horrors that occurred during the Second World War . Today in the camp survived some horrific evidence of what happened at the destructive period of human life. At the camp you can see the piles of shoes, sunglasses, toys and heartbreaking pictures, which depict human bodies piled in a heap. Points belonging to the victims of atrocities, this camp was divided into two parts, an Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Together they accounted for a large Nazi camp, which was destroyed by 1,5 to 2 million people, 90% of whom were persons of Jewish nationality. These complexes of death were located in the southern part of Poland, near the town of Auschwitz (Oswiecim). The city is located 60 kilometers west of Krakow. The most convenient way to reach him from Krakow by bus, train or car. Robes prisoners "Factory of Death" was based on the premises of barracks, which formerly housed the Polish army. At the end of May 1940 these barracks have been converted into a concentration camp, which was intended to hold Polish political prisoners. Above the entrance to the camp iron letters written by world famous Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work makes you free). Today, the center built for the visitors, you can watch a 15-minute documentary about the liberation of the camp, which was held in 1945. The gates of Auschwitz Auschwitz-Birkenau is 3 km from Auschwitz 1. It is in this mmeste committed the vast majority of brutal murders. It is constructed 300 huts in which prisoners were kept, as well as the crematorium and five large gas chambers, which have been preserved to this day. See also other materials about the death camps: Church boredom and cave fun Old Riga and Jurmala sports