One of the cremation pits used to burn the victims of Auschwitz. These "burning pits" were used mainly in the summer of 1944, when exterminations were proceeding at such a rate that the furnaces couldn't handle the number of corpses. Source: Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers, J.C. Pressac, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, New York, 1989. Quick Jump: Mass Executions | Nazi Genocide | Medical Experiments | Death Camps | Holocaust Documents | Holocaust Photo Archive Index ParaScope Image Gallery Foyer