Image
The Ramp
Women and children arrive on the ramp at Birkenau
Subject
- History
Language
English — USUpdated
![People and belongings outside a train having just arrived at Birkenau.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Women_and_children_arrive_on_the_ramp_at_Birkenau_FH260051.jpg?itok=66DDJrlk)
Women and children arrive on the “ramp” at Birkenau, where they would be moved along toward the gates. There, physicians decided whether they were fit for slave labor or death.
Credit:
Yad Vashem
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