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Auschwitz Trip Photos and Reflections

  • Eva and Group in Wooden Barrack in Birkenau

    Eva Kor standing in a wooden barrack in Auschwitz-Birkenau speaking to the CANDLES group about surviving on "organized" potatoes

  • Kiel Majewski Walking the Railroad Ties in Birkenau

    CANDLES Executive Director Kiel Majewski counting the railroad ties in Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • Child's Drawing in Auschwitz I

    A pencil drawing done by a child prisoner in Auschwitz I. They often drew what they saw or dreamed.

  • Eva Kor by Liberation Photo 2016

    Eva Kor sitting in front of her and her sister Miriam's liberation photo in Auschwitz I (taken in 2016)

  • Eva Kor and German Girls in 2014

    Eva Kor speaking and telling her story to a group of German students at Auschwitz

  • CANDLES Group on Selection Platform 2016

    The CANDLES group standing on the selection platform listening to Eva Kor's story of seeing her family for the last time

  • St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland

    St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland where you can hear a trumpet playing from the top of the cathedral every hour

  • Candlelighting Ceremony at Birkenau Memorial

    The CANDLES group lit candles at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site to honor and remember

  • Płaszów Concentration Camp Memorial Statue

    Statue memorializing the Płaszów Concentration Camp location in Kraków, Poland

  • End of the Line in Birkenau

    The end of the railroad tracks that stopped at the gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • Eva Kor by Block 23 in Auschwitz I

    Eva Kor standing in front of Block 23 in Auschwitz I where she and Miriam were reunited after being separated

  • Group Recreating Eva's Liberation Walk

    The CANDLES group recreating Eva and Miriam's liberation walk through the barbed wire of Auschwitz I

  • Eva Leading Recreation of her Liberation

    Eva Kor leading the CANDLES group in recreating her and Miriam's liberation walk in Auschwitz I

  • Pages of the Book of Names in Auschwitz I

    Pages from the Book of Names in Auschwitz I. The book holds over 4 million names of victims of the Holocaust

  • Eva and Participants Eating Lunch

    Eva Kor, CANDLES group, and OLASTEO and Youth Board scholarship recipients eating lunch in Poland

  • Eva and CANDLES Group in Birkenau 2016

    Eva Kor and the CANDLES group at the memorial site in Auschwitz-Birkenau (taken in 2016)

  • Photos in the Sauna Room in Birkenau

    Photos honoring victims and their families and lives before the war in the sauna room in Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • Back of the Płaszów Concentration Camp Memorial Statue

    Back of the Płaszów Memorial Statue and the grounds of the former concentration camp in Kraków, Poland

  • Lower Levels of the Wieliczka Salt Mine

    The CANDLES group descending down to the lower levels of the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland

  • Wieliczka Salt Mine Chapel

    Salt carvings and salt crystals in the chapel of the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland

  • Plac Bohaterow Getta Square

    Plac Bohaterow Getta Square (Ghetto Heroes Square) empty chairs memorial commemorating the Jewish ghetto and the Kraków Jews

  • Living Statues on the Square in Kraków

    Living statue performers on the market square in Kraków, Poland

  • Cloth Hall in Kraków, Poland

    Cloth Market Hall and one of the many carriages available to tour the square in Kraków, Poland

  • Entrance Gate to Auschwitz I

    Entrance gate to Auschwitz I - "Work Sets You Free"

  • Special Exhibit in Auschwitz I

    Jewish coat as part of a special exhibit in the blocks of Auschwitz I

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