August 05
Wadowice, Oświęcim (Auschwitz)

 
 
 

Wadowice - Place of birth of the Pope John Paul II.

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The House-Museum of the Pope John Paul II.

Inside the Museum.
Vestments representing the sequential ranks - priest - black, bishop - purple, cardinal - red and the Pope - white.

Auschwitz (Oswiecim) Concentration Camp


Main gate to the camp 

Guard tower at the entrance

Camp street, barracks and guard tower

High voltage wire double fence (currently under restoration)

Part of fencing with a guard tower

Auschwitz/Birkenau (Brzezinka) Concentration Camp


Main gate complex 

Railroad tracks - view through the main gate. Through this gate entered trains 
with prisoners. Barracks on both sides of the tracks of this huge camp complex were destroyed before liberation.   

 

 

Prepared by: Waldemar J. Wajszczuk & Paweł Stefaniuk
2001