The Auschwitz I concentration camp site was originally an army camp with buildings served as barracks. During the 2nd World War, the Germans occupied Poland and turned it into a camp to hold the Polish prisoners.
In 1947, the Polish government turned the site of the camp into a state memorial to the victims of Nazism.
Some of the barracks used to retain prisoners are now exhibition halls showing the life of the prisoners in the concentration camp.
One of the most terrifying features of the Auschwitz I concentration camp is the organised massacre. There were "factories" containing gas chambers and crematoriums purposely built for human extermination.
What's left of the victims are hairs, glasses, shoes, prostheses, suitcases and other groceries. Some of their hairs were weaved into blankets.
There was also starvation inside the camp.
The portraits of some the victims are still hanging on the walls of the exhibition halls.
The lives of children were also not spared during the massacre.
Some of the victims may have been spared from being killed in the gas chambers, but they couldn't escape from death on the notorious Death Wall at Block 11. The victims were striped naked before the execution, where women prisoners were disrobed at a separate room and executed first. The execution was done in pairs.
Although most of the gas chambers have been destroyed by the Nazis during the revolt, there are still some of the remains left for us to witness the cruelty during the war.
May all the souls of the victims rest in peace and all the living souls learn a great lesson from this painful chapter in history.
