The gate with the inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei."	Here, thousands of prisoners went out each day to long hours of arduous labor. In the evening, they returned exhausted, carrying the corpses of those who had died.
Auschwitz I. The main gate. In the background the camp orchestra. Drawing by the Polish political prisoner Mieczyslaw Koscielniak (drawn after liberation)	Here, the camp orchestra played marches intended to facilitate the passage of prisoners on their way to work and returning to the camp.