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Guard Tower Rows at Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Out of the Holocaust came stories from and about people that are unrivaled in the ways they show the strength of humanity. This is taken from a guard tower at Birkenau. It was snowing and cold. I remember walking through that part of the camp and feeling very, very small.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2014
Date Uploaded: 07.2016
Photo Location: Oswiecim, Poland
Camera: DMC-ZS20
Copyright: © Byrony Forbes