When were Auschwitz crematoria ruins closed off?
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When were Auschwitz crematoria ruins closed off?
Does anyone know the date, or year, when the chains or cords were put up around the ruins of the crematorium buildings at Auschwitz-Birkenau, to keep visitors off the ruins and making it so no-one could go down inside the ruins or stand on the ruins anymore? Or when the metal bars were put over the staircases, for the same purpose?
Re: When were Auschwitz crematoria ruins closed off?
When I first visited Auschwitz in the mid nineties you could freely walk around the ruins of the crematorias, there weren´t any signs, chains or cords or anything, it was even possible to climb the roof of the crematoria in Stammlager, I think it remained liked that at least until 2002. When I in 2008 again started to visit Auschwitz frequently the museum had put up chains, chords and signs around the ruins to keep people of (when they did that I don´t know). It remained liked that at least until July 2010. When I visited Auschwitz in June 2012 the metal bars were there which mean they had the metal bars installed sometimes between July 2010 and June 2012. I´m sorry I can´t be more specifik than this.
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Re: When were Auschwitz crematoria ruins closed off?
Thanks, that's just the info I was looking for!