The Auschwitz Camp Orchestra
The
story about the “Auschwitz camp orchestra” have entered nearly legendary
status. Most often, the public is told, the evil Nazis (either themselves, or
they forced Jews to do so) played classical music while they were
mass-murdering Jews in the “gas chambers” or some other such activity.
So what
was the reality of the Auschwitz Orchestra?
The
truth is revealed in original photographs, on display at the camp museum to his
day.
Below: A picture of the real Auschwitz
camp orchestra, assembled for an open air concert in Auschwitz I. Note the
crowds of prisoners standing round (not being “marched” or “carrying the dead”
but quite relaxed, listening to some music. Note other prisoners on the left,
standing at ease. It is, of course, also
untrue that the camp orchestra was “forced” to assemble in one particular area
only.


Below, a picture taken in 1941, a Sunday afternoon (and not a “work” day, so, no “rows of prisoners “marching past”) in which the details of the orchestra can be seen even more clearly.

The Treatment of Prisoners in Auschwitz
The image of Auschwitz, as promoted by the Holocaust Storytellers and their allies in the mass media, is that Auschwitz was a slave-extermination camp, dedicated only to murdering as many people as possible.
The image of Auschwitz, as promoted by the Holocaust Storytellers and their allies in the mass media, is that Auschwitz was a slave-extermination camp, dedicated only to murdering as many people as possible.
The
reality of life in Auschwitz was—needless to say—very different to these
endless “survivor” lies. Instead of being dedicated to the “mass murder” of
any-and everyone, the Auschwitz Camp had a large number of facilities dedicated
to saving the lives of prisoners--including hospitals, dental clinics,
recreational facilities, libraries, and so on. Here follows some images from
Auschwitz which the Holocaust Storytellers do not show.
Below: Block 10 at Auschwitz: the prisoner’s
hospital block.

Below: Concerts for prisoners. A stage
performance at Auschwitz, dated by the German Federal Archive Service as “1941/1944."


Below: A picture of the camp choir, recruited from the workers at the IG Farben factory at Auschwitz—all well-fed prisoners, putting on a concert for the camp inmates.

Below: A prisoner being X-Rayed at the
Auschwitz hospital, 1942, supposedly at the height of the “extermination
program.” The idea of a fully-equipped, modern and state-of-the-art hospital
facility at Auschwitz flies in the face of allegations that the camp’s sole
purpose was to “exterminate” people.


Below: Taken from the Yad Vashem (Israel’s
own “Holocaust memorial organization), a photograph showing prisoners at
Auschwitz being treated in the ultra-modern dental clinic at the camp in 1941.


Below: It was a regular occurrence for
children to be born in the camp. The Nazis even set up a nursery for the
children. Picture from 1942.


Below: The dining hall at Auschwitz III. Photograph
from 1942.


Below: Auschwitz also had its own
greenhouse complex to provide food for the prisoners.

Below: Sporting activities were also encouraged: a fencing tournament for prisoners at Auschwitz (note the sign in the background). Photograph from 1944.

There were prisoners from all over
the world at Auschwitz, not just Jews. The camp had originally been built to
accommodate Polish Prisoners of War, and later had many Russian POWS arrive as
well. Below: a British POW soccer team from the E715 camp, located directly
next to the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp—where it is claimed, the "gas chambers" were located—pose for their group photograph.


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