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  1. 7 October 1944 | Jewish prisoners of the Sonderkommando at the German Nazi camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau organized a revolt. They set crematorium IV on fire, causing serious damage, as well as attacked the SS men in the vicinity. 1/5

    #Auschwitz #history #Sonderkommando #Holocaust #Jews #revolt #uprising #resisntance #OnThatDay @histodons

  2. Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium IV.

    The gas chamber was divided into three smaller rooms and had a total of 236.78 square meters. The crematorium had one eight-oven furnace.

    The building was set on fire by the #Sonderkommando prisoners during the revolt on 7 October 1944:
    lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_10_son

    #Birkenau #Auschwitz #memorial #site #gaschamber #crematorium #crematorium #ruins #remains #photography #evideNCE #NeverForget #history #Holocaust @histodons @museum