7 Things from Auschwitz by James Marsh

Luggage

dcatuna — 2015-03-26 14:30:14 UTC

When people first arrived at the concentration camps they were stripped of all their possessions. these are the pieces of luggage that people carried with them from the ghettos, onto the trains, and to the entrance of the camps, until they were taken by the Nazis to be used for materials. This was the beginning of their imprisonment.

Shoes

jmarsh3 — 2015-03-26 14:44:16 UTC

Much like the luggage that victims carried, their shoes were often times also taken from them, forcing them to go barefoot or to wear the leather or wooden clogs that their captors gave them, leading to many foot injuries, infections, and then death. Even their shoes were made to cause suffering.

Unifroms

dcatuna — 2015-03-26 14:47:26 UTC

After all of their belongings were taken from them. The Jews were given the exact same set of clothes as everyone else and a number. The clothes were never cleaned and likely taken from the last person to die. In this very moment their name and everything about them was taken away from them. All of a sudden they were just another part of the Jewish problem with only a number to identify them.

Zyklon B gas

jmarsh3 — 2015-03-26 14:57:21 UTC

On arrival, many victims were pointed to the "showers" where instead of water, deadly gas would pour out, killing them. these are cannisters of Zyklon B, the gas which was used, and the gas that would cause the death of millions.

Train Cars

jmarsh3 — 2015-03-26 15:04:41 UTC

Box cars like the ones shown above were used to transport millions of Jews, Gypsises, and other persecuted groups to camps like Auschwitz. Each arriving car was packed so full that people couldn't even sit down, and were a symbol of death for those who were forced to board them.

Silverware

dcatuna — 2015-03-27 12:45:39 UTC

Those chosen to work were given very little food. leading to all of them becoming emaciated . This is the silverware used by the inmates of Auschwitz.

Wedding Band

dcatuna — 2015-03-27 13:03:30 UTC

During the horrors of the concentration camp the only thing for the inmates of Auschwitz to hold onto was each other. Even though everything had been taken from them. Their jewelry, clothing, names, and lives all stolen from them.