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„Shoes in Auschwitz“

from the gallery of RicardMN Photography
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Oswiecim, Poland. Better known by the German name: Auschwitz.
Huge piles with thousands of shoes, boots and shoes of all kinds that were snatched the prisoners in the concentration camp. Located some 60 km west of Krakow, was the largest extermination center of the history of Nazism where it is estimated that killed at least 1.3 million people, of whom 90 percent were considered jews. At its entrance is still cynical can read this sentence: "Arbeit macht frei" (Work will free you"). Prisoners arriving at the concentration camps did not know what would be his destination. They said they would be installed somewhere else, so they carried their belongings with them until more superfluous. When they were picked to take them by train to the camps, they did write their name on your bags before removing to believe that arrived at their destination they would be returned.
Oswiecim (German: Auschwitz) is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and So?a.
Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Picture ID: 157c6a1
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RicardMN Photography 2013-02-09 19:29:27 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your like, Barbara!
RicardMN Photography 2013-02-08 19:57:00 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your like, David!
RicardMN Photography 2013-02-08 19:16:00 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your like, Frank and Elke!
Frank Siegling liked this artwork 2013-02-07 16:20:51 UTC
RicardMN Photography 2013-02-07 16:06:07 UTC
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Thanks for your like, Thomas!
RicardMN Photography 2012-07-24 07:40:16 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your like, Tom and Roger!
RicardMN Photography 2012-07-23 21:33:03 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your 'like', Bernd!
RicardMN Photography 2012-03-27 16:17:46 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your 'like', Alexandr!
Chiyuky Itoga 2012-02-09 12:08:22 UTC
I heard the story, but, it was first time to look at.
Shocked at all.
I appreciate you show me this.
RicardMN Photography 2012-02-09 17:48:45 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thank you very much for your comment, Chiyuky!
Yes, It's a sad and cruel story...
Best regards. Ricard
Chiyuky Itoga liked this artwork 2012-02-09 12:06:22 UTC
RicardMN Photography 2012-02-09 09:52:38 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your 'like', Brendan!
RicardMN Photography 2012-02-09 08:49:46 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your 'like', Sergi!
Sergi S. Massó liked this artwork 2012-02-09 08:47:12 UTC
Deleted Person 2012-01-30 18:17:03 UTC
wow ..man. even this mess of shoes looks amazing.
RicardMN Photography 2012-01-30 21:49:57 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for your comment, Samar!
RicardMN Photography 2011-12-31 00:42:39 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
OK Carola. Man may be very cruel...
Thanks for your comment.
Best regards. Ricard
Heidrun Carola Herrmann 2011-12-31 00:21:37 UTC
Wichtig zu MAHNEN!
Es kann nicht genug erinnert werden - unglaublich, wozu der Mensch fähig.
Heidrun Carola Herrmann liked this artwork 2011-12-31 00:19:41 UTC
RicardMN Photography 2011-12-05 23:08:07 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks for press 'like', Greg!
captainsilva liked this artwork 2011-12-02 18:15:07 UTC
captainsilva 2011-12-02 18:15:06 UTC
This is a very strong documentary shot! Silva
RicardMN Photography 2011-12-02 18:40:23 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Yes... strong and very sad.
Thanks.
Melania Mazur 2011-12-01 17:10:54 UTC
good work bay the way
RicardMN Photography 2011-12-01 18:00:21 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thanks, Melania!
Melania Mazur 2011-12-01 17:10:37 UTC
I was there in September and this is scary how terrible humans can be...
RicardMN Photography 2011-12-01 17:59:53 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Yes, Melania. It's terrible. I was there some years ago.
RicardMN Photography 2011-11-23 22:40:15 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Thank you for like, Jutta!
RicardMN Photography liked this artwork 2011-11-08 19:54:45 UTC
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