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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oded Balilty

AP PHOTOS: The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror

Railway To Auschwitz Photo Essay - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars.

They arrived onto an unloading platform, known as the ramp, where Nazi doctors made selections, deciding who would be murdered immediately and who would be used for slave labor.

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