Talk:Auschwitz concentration camp

Addition to timeline

Is it ok to add Petr Ginz to the timeline section? I think he is a notable enough victim to add. We know he was sent on one of the last transports to Auschwitz in late Sept. 1944. Thank you for your consideration--FeanorStar7 17:51, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

A translation of 'Arbeit macht frei'

'Work frees' has the much broader sense of the original then 'work makes [you] free', as it is not just about 'you', but more philosophically about everything. --24.186.223.176 (talk) 06:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Photo in Gay

The photo entitled "Entrance to Birkenau, 2006. Guard tower, two information boards seen on the left." does not show the entrance, but a gate inside of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. --Joerg 130 (talk) 16:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

The gate on the photo is probably that one located here: [1]. (The photographer looking to the South - compare the buildings.) --Joerg 130 (talk) 21:23, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

I corrected this myself now (I could not before, probably I was not accepted as a confirmed user). --Joerg 130 (talk) 20:10, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Lanzmann's "Shoah" not mentioned

I wonder why Claude Lanzmann's "Shoah" is not mentioned as a reference in the article. Could someone please add it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.23.103.132 (talk) 16:48, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

You are the one wo knows how this reference refers to the article, so please add it yourself, or discuss the issue here and then add it. Wikipedia is a collaborative project. I would only suggest to firs register and get a user name.  Andreas  ^(T) 23:51, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Pool

I think there is a little bit unclarity about the pool in Auschwitz Stammlager. The sign at the pool in Auschwitz says that it was a fire brigade reservoir build in form of a swimming pool. Other sources including an older Wikipedia Articel I think (you can read this in the Archive 1) say that it was an swimming pool for the SS. This is really confusing.

And a description of the brothel I can't find neither.

--95.90.2.157 (talk) 10:06, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I remember the version of the fire brigade reservoir from my visits also. The pool is located at [2], inside of the fences. That would be a rather strange place for a swimming pool to be used by the SS. Nevertheless it might be used as a swimming pool additionally. Currently I'm wondering if the pool was build by the SS or if it origins from the earlier usage of the Stammlager area as barracks. --Joerg 130 (talk) 10:25, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I think there are also water reservoirs in Auschwitz Birkenau, that would explain the pool. But I don't know why the pool is looking like a swimming pool or what's the function of the swimming pool parts (diving board, starting blocks) were.--95.90.2.157 (talk) 11:49, 3 April 2013 (UTC)