Looking back to the entrance building and archway of the

Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp creates a chilling image to match the weather. The track outside the entrance is new with concrete sleepers and is now not rail connected according to the most recent Google Earth images of the area. It is staggering to realise that at one point three million people passed through this small and unassuming gateway to be 'processed' by the Nazis. By far the majority were murdered with the rest being put to work to support the war machine of the Third Reich with most only surviving for two months.