Rogoznica Travel Guide

 alancollins Says:  The State Museum of Gross-Rosen is open every day from 8am to 4pm in the winter & 7pm in the summer. You can purchase books or leaflets from the car park office that doubles up as the tourist information office. The only problem being that the lady who was there on day I... 

 alancollins Says:  This is the 'appellplatz' or roll call square. Prisoners had to stand here, during all weathers to be counted, which sometimes took hours to complete. During the roll call prisoners were often tortured or murdered. To added to the gruesome scene a band would play and... 

 alancollins Says:  This is one of the surviving wheel houses that carried the cables of the quarry cranes. The crane cables still hover over the quarry. 

 alancollins Says:  This memorial commemorates those that were shot at this site. Soviet prisoners were brought to the camp and selected for the harshest treatment very few survived. Many met their death at this location. 

 alancollins Says:  The camp bell was used to summon prisoners to roll call, to and from work, and executions. It is one of the few original items from the camp 

 alancollins Says:  The camp kitchen was a later additional and was used to supply the meagre rations that were given to the prisoners. Though there were bunks in the building I think they were just being stored in there as it is dry. 

 alancollins Says:  The barracks were used to house 300 to 400 prisoners at a time. At first there were only 4 buildings but as the camp expanded the number was increased to 22. None of the wooden barracks survived only the foundations. The camp was intended to house 12,000 but came to house... 

 alancollins Says:  The crematorium remained after the building housing it was blown up at the time of liberation. When the camp first opened there were few prisoners and the bodies of those that died were sent to local crematoriums. But as the number of prisoners increased so did the death... 

 alancollins Says:  The original main gatehouse and guardhouse to the Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp still exists. But on the day I visited there were a number of workmen carrying out repairs to the building so unfortunately I could not go in, with scaffolding and equipment surrounding it. 

 alancollins Says:  In 1947 the camp was officially handed over to Poland and a competition held to a design a monument to the victims of the camp. The competition was won by Adam Procki and a foundation stone was laid. In 1953 the monument to the victims was completed and some of the victim’s... 

 alancollins Says:  The museum exhibition is housed in the former rebuilt SS canteen building. English is spoken and the staff provided me with a book in English that explains the different items that are on display. The museum should be the first place to visit because it does give lots of...