Seeing it helps you believe it. The memorial at Auschwitz offers visual representations to try to help visitors comprehend the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
The Nazis were able to control Jewish resistance by lying. The Nazis deceived their prisoners by telling them that they were being transported to a different location. The Jews were permitted to take a suitcase, spurring them to focus on preparing for the trip - what to pack and how much to take. The victims carefully labeled their luggage, believing they would be reunited with it upon arrival. They vacated their residences and boarded the trains.
My brain gets numb listening to the numbers of people murdered. But, the sight of 80,000 shoes piled up is heartbreaking.
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| One panel in a hallway displaying 80,000 shoes |
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| Shoes on Display |
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| Prostheses, Crutches, Braces |
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Eyeglasses
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| I thought this part of Auschwitz looked almost like a college campus |
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Book of 16,000 pages of people killed at Auschwitz
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| People looking at the 4 million names on the 16,000 pages |
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| Gas Chamber |
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| Visitors Exiting the Gas Chamber |
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| Oven |
