Tracking down WWII sites in Amsterdam, Berlin and Krakow is a sobering, powerful experience.
The message in German that met prisoners, and now tourists, at Auschwitz translates to “Work sets you free.” (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
A record number of tourists visited Auschwitz and the infamous Birkenau gatehouse in 2017. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
A small informational board is all that marks the site of the Berlin bunker where Adolf Hitler killed himself in 1945. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
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Grafitti left by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II has been preserved on the interior walls of the Reichstag building in Berlin. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe fills a square city block in Berlin. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
Tourists gather in front of the house where Anne Frank and seven others hid from the Nazis during World War II. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
A section of the former Jewish ghetto wall in Krakow forms an eerie barrier with a children’s playground. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
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Remnants of the basement of the former Gestapo headquarters are on display in Berlin. ( Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune )
A statue of Anne Frank stands near the house in Amsterdam where she and seven others hid from the Nazis during World War II. (Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune)
A section of the former Jewish ghetto wall remains in Krakow. ( Patrick Regan/Chicago Tribune )
