I was there last year and your heading is on the ball. The planning   that wemt into it even from the train station. Did you notice the eeriness of the place? Chilling. But it has to be visited when in Krakow.

Still haven't been there, but whenever I see photos from friends and other people some dreary feeling kicks in. Your black and white style add weight on the photos as well. And the hair room cracks everybody up and I realize why, but still can't talk about it without prior experience.

Let's just hope, eve if it is a really small chance for this, that humanity learned its lesson, and we will not repeat anything like this, ever.

great photography.Thanks for sharing this post.

It's on the list as I have done a few other places like Normandy and Vimy Ridge.The graveyards at Normandy were something else though. I thought Vimy was bad, but Normandy just stretches off into the distance and there are around 12 sections of those.

Those photograhs though kept my eyes watching. Was it snapped in the night or was it the camera background that makes it to be black

"It Happened, Therefore It Can Happen Again... It Can Happen Anywhere." _ Primo Levi, Italian Jew, former prisoner of Auschwitz. ... :(((

Oops, I am deleting this comment as I somehow posted it twice.

I think it's all depends on the current situation. And also i think we're not the right person(coz we don't know enough about this)  to talk about this.

Your black and white photos of Auschwitz are amazing, @tarazkp. Somehow they express in pictures what is very difficult to express in words. I was so deeply saddened by the experience of visiting, and yet those words don’t capture my reaction to the profound human tragedy of that time, and the cruelty that human beings can perpetrate upon one another.

I’m glad I had an opportunity to meet you at Vincent’s cafe.

I think that in moments like those (visiting a site with so much historical and emotional weight) is when we realize the great limitations of language.
Wise words. Every person's role, thoughts and actions matter.
There will not be cruelty of this magnitude committed is there are not people willing to follow immoral orders.

It will change the way you see mankind
A good man will never understand or process it. Only make sure it never happens again and never forget . 

On one hand I would like everyone to see the horrors, on the other to shelter them from it. I don’t know which is worse. Ain’t that the shit.

Nice selection of photos...

What really got me, which I think was lost with the reverse tour was the sense of scaling up from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Very orderly as you say.

Good choice of quote to end on!

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In our annual planning program, every year we bring a group of students to visit this extermination camp.
An experience that the students then tell and describe to their classmates.

Damn, what a depressing site. One would hope this would never happen again. But of course, similar things do happen  :(

See the photos and read your comment, reminded me of my great-grandfather, the achievement of fleeing Germany and I renounce his nationality. It was terrible what he lived but here in Venezuela he was free.
Now we 5 generation. We are living grotesque things because of the type of government that we currently have.
Many of us are free voices but they (the government) are looking for a way to silence us.
And the countries that could help are sold to these, for one barrels of oil, gold, coltan, aluminum and iron.
Although there is no Auschwitz here, there is something called the catacombs. That is where, they are locking up, those of us who are opposed to this government of Venezuela.

I mst visit Austwitz one day also if i will suffer a lot, it's important do not forget the dark chapters of our not to far History, i resteem this post as a memory we must not forget. Wonderful post also if it's not about an happy subject.

Several years ago I got to visit this place.  The Pictures and this great article do not give it justice.  I would highly recommend anyone and everyone to go and visit this place.  But when you go, be for warned that you will leave this place with a heavy heart and with many tears coming from your eyes.  The horrible acts that these humans did against other humans is beyond horrible.  When I was their we got to visit the gas chambers.  This was a horrible walk to death that some knew and others did not know.  The story goes that after they opened the doors the pile of people was piled in the middle and piled up.  Cause every time the people inside thought there way to escape and to get what little fresh air that they could was to get to the opening which was located at the very top.  
     And then you guys should visit, the rooms where the shoes of all the people were located in.  And the next room, has all of the luggages in it.  On those Luggages was written the ages and sex of the people going their.  I will stop cause this is bringing back many memories.  I might come back and add more later on.

Amazing, stark photos! You do well to convey such a powerful experience so soon after having it. I look forward to more processed followups.
Great to meet a fellow Aussie at SteemFest.

I'm really struggling to write about the experience myself so I'll most probably skip it altogether.  You've captured the mood of the place so well - especially with the first 2 shots there.

That still lokks horrific 70 years on<BR>The fog shrouding the buildings adds to the sense of dread<BR>How do you feel about the debate raging around the upkeep of the buildings?<BR>Some say: because of the repairs and refurbishment it's not the same place it was, but more of a tourist attraction, and no longer authentic<BR>Supporters say: It's important to keep it open as a reminder of the horrors - and a warning to new generations<BR>From your account, the horror has impacted you and made the efforts to keep it open a fitting tribute to all who suffered so much and perished there

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