Sunday, September 23, 2007

Auschwitz II


As I mentioned before, each building houses a specific display relating to the various aspects of the events of the Holocaust. The displays enable you to gain a personal experience of these events through the addition of the many items 'collected' by the Nazi's from the Jewish people. They collected items such as cooking utensils, suitcases, hairbrushes, prayer shawls, shoes, clothing and even their hair - which was shaved off as a 'health' precaution. The image I have posted on this page shows what the Nazi's produced with the hair that they 'collected'. After being bundled into bales, the hair was sent to factories to produce hessian fabric, so what you can see is an example of the finished product.

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