Carved out of salt by salt miners, fully decorated with chandeliers made out of pure salt crystals or something like that, biblical sculptures covering the walls, and a huge statue of Pope Jon Paul II. Oh, and a lights show.
The gate where the prisoners were first let out of the trains (A lone car stands in the middle of the track now as a memorial, seen to the right of the picture). From here they were lined up, and a doctor would inspect them one at a time, pointing either left or right. Left - you were signed in and admitted to the camp; Right - you were brought straight to the showers to die.
What is left of one of the gas chambers at the camp. This picture shows the walkway down into the changing room, where the prisoners were told to remember their number for their cubby, as if they would come back to get their clothes after. In the distance you can see the actual shower, not just a pile of rubble.
The bathroom facility for thousands of prisoners in Auschwitz II - Birkenau. Really just holes in a long concrete box. Oh, and they were only given 15 seconds to go. My stage fright takes that long...
