Video: What was kept in a hiding place of prisoners, which was found in one of the ovens of Auschwitz
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Auschwitz was the worst, most terrible of all concentration camps built by the Nazis. This real hell on Earth, created by human hands, cannot be forgotten, forgiven and corrected. Now on the territory of this nightmare place there is a museum. People must remember the horrors that took place here, so that they never repeat. Recently, workers were reconstructing one of the Auschwitz stoves and found a cache in the chimney containing various tools. Who and for what purpose hid all these items there?
The Auschwitz Museum commemorates those who died there and those who survived there. According to various expert estimates, the number of victims of this concentration camp is estimated at between 1, 1 and 1.5 million people. It was a real death factory.
The buildings are already old, some repairs are required, in some places reconstruction is required. The National Endowment for Victims of National Socialism decided to renovate Block 17. During the planned construction work of the furnace in block 17 of the camp, the workers stumbled upon a cache. Among the items found there were forks, spoons, scissors, knives, shoe tools. All items were meticulously documented by the builders, after which they donated them to the Auschwitz Museum.
In the 17th block there were prisoners who were engaged in the repair of shoes and clothes. Historians and experts have not yet studied this amazing discovery thoroughly in order to give absolutely accurate answers to all questions. According to their assumptions, these items were hidden either for the implementation of the escape, or for exchange with other prisoners. Sometimes the prisoners exchanged with each other for food items or some necessary things.
Of course, so far these are only theories, but it is precisely such explanations that are closest to the truth, according to experts. The location of the cache is fully explained by the fact that chimney sweeps were among the workers of Unit 17. Hiding tools in a chimney doesn't seem like a coincidence.
Renovation work on buildings in the camp began in the fall of 2019. Time, weather conditions lead to gradual destruction. Some buildings were demolished at the direction of the management of the State Museum of Poland. Those that remain are in need of restoration.
All works are carried out in close cooperation with historians and restorers. Specialists make sure that nothing is damaged or disturbed during the repair.
All found instruments are carefully collected, cleaned and kept in the museum for further study. In the future, these things will become part of the exhibition at Auschwitz.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated on January 27, 1945 by the Soviet Army. The prisoners who were barely alive could not believe that they were really free. The soldiers, in turn, simply refused to believe what they saw there.
In January of this year, the 75th anniversary of his liberation was celebrated in Auschwitz. Some of the still living former prisoners of this concentration camp were present there.
Marian Turski, now 93 and one of the few survivors, said: “Auschwitz is not an accident, it did not fall from heaven. It was created by humans. It could happen again. " When asked what was the most terrible for him there, after reasoning, Turski replied that it was humiliation. "Humiliation is something that people always remember."
The former prisoner called on the world to pay close attention to those who lie about Nazism, trying to rewrite history. Turski thinks they need to be fought. Thanks to those who care about the safety of the Auschwitz Museum, we are unlikely to forget what happened there. Perhaps these memories will save us from repeating something like this.
Despite all the horrors that took place in the concentration camp, people found the strength not to lose their human appearance. They remained capable of real deep feelings. Read our article about it Secret Lovers from Auschwitz: Meeting 72 Years Later.
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