Below are photographs showing various features of Birkenau. Birkenau was designed by German architects but built by Soviet prisoners of war.
Below: Birkenau’s vast size.
Below: Ruins of one of the crematories. Birkenau had four crematories. They were demolished in January 1945 by the SS.
Below: The barbed wire fence. Note the electrodes, evidence that the wires were electrified.
Birkenau contains several miles of barbed fencing. It was one of Birkenau’s more ubiquitous features.
Below are pics of the waste treatment plant (never went into operation), proof that Birkenau was meant to be a permanent phenomenon.