Left: I'm standing at the Oswiecim (Polish for "Auschwitz") train station.  It was about a mile walk to the museum.

Right: Mr. Surface and I on our way to the Auschwitz Holocaust Museum.

Above: "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Brings Freedom") is written above the entrance gate to the Auschwitz camp.

Above: The train tracks that would have transported millions of innocent men, women, and children to Auschwitz from all over Poland and Europe to their deaths.

Right: "No-man's-land".  The fences that enclosed Auschwitz were electrified.  In a desperate attempt to escape starvation, the gas chambers, the gallows, and the shooting wall, many prisoners chose to end their suffering existences by throwing themselves on the fences. 

Above: Mr. Surface takes a photograph of the electric fences at Auschwitz' perimeter.
Above Right: My father taking a moment outside the prisoner barracks 15.
Bottom Right: Quotes like this one from George Santayana lie throughout the museum and serve as haunting reminders of the recent atrocities in Kosovo.  Adolf Hitler is also frequently quoted--particularly concerning his horrifying vision of an Arian "master race".