Auschwitz II - Birkenau

The Birkenau camp was the camp most publicized in Schindler's List. This was the primary death camp where an estimated 1.8 million Jews were ruthlessly killed in gas chambers. In a highly organized and systematic way, Jews from all over Europe arrived via trains into Birkenau. Woman and children were separated from men and taken to the women's side of the camp. Men were then separated into the following groups "able to work" or "not able to work", which was based off mere observation. Those not able to work were then marched down a path where they were told they would take a shower. They were lead into a changing area where they were told to undress and hang their clothes on hooks with numbers - they were told to remember the number where their clothes were hung. They then walked themselves into the shower room where they were gased. It took approximately 20 minutes to kill a group of up to 5,000 people.

The majority of the camp still remains with only a few bunks being destroyed. The crematorium remains still exist, although they destroyed 4 days before the camp was liberated by Russian forces.