swimming pool at Auschwitz is covered

[Fred Ziffel]

See YT video link taken April 5 2026:


the museum has put a covered fence around the pool except on one side

Questions:
Why is the museum now covering the Auschwitz pool from sight of visitors?
and
Why is it not covered on the outer fence side of the pool where people cannot be, stand or see pool?

[Stubble]

When historians say 'pool only for the SS'.

What is he going to do, climb down off the guard tower, lay his rifle on the ground, strip to his skibbies and take a dip?

No, the pool was for inmates;



So far as why it is blocked off, I'm going to guess in the age of the internet, it has gotten more traffic and thus is a 'distraction' that's rather hard to explain.

[HeiligeSturmV2]

So far as why it is blocked off, I'm going to guess in the age of the internet, it has gotten more traffic and thus is a 'distraction' that's rather hard to explain.

That could be the case. Two years ago you couldn't walk next to it anymore without museum personnel telling you it's prohibited. (Among many other buildings)

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I got to admit, it was in bad shape then. Maybe the museum is going to renovate it.

[Stubble]

It don't look so bad.



It isn't looking 'great' either though.

[Eye of Zyclone]

Why would they even try to hide a mere "fire brigade reservoir built in the form of a swimming pool" ?







And why would they try to misrepresent (the ridiculous "fire brigade reservoir" nonsense) and then hide (privacy screen) a facility not detrimental to the orthodox narrative (the "extermination camp" atrocity story) ?

[HeiligeSturmV2]

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I wonder if these pools are also "reservoirs" in Birkenau. It's good to have steps to the pool anyway.
The other pool is the Quarantänelager/Quarantine camp BIIa. Definitely not for guards.

[Fred Ziffel]

My take on those bodies of water
see attached

[Hektor]

Saying Auschwitz got "Jewish owners", when in fact it hasn't, isn't really helpful though.

Ironically screening it off will draw more attention.

[Eye of Zyclone]

Saying Auschwitz got "Jewish owners", when in fact it hasn't, isn't really helpful though.

Hard to deny that the Jewish state became the sole heir of that Grand-Guignol theme park when the Soviet Empire fell apart. The 4-million plaque was removed and changed in 1990 for a reason...

[DavidM]

Auschwitz is a major tourist draw.
Nearly 2 million tourists visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum annually, with over 1.95 million visitors in 2025. Visitor numbers peaked at over 2.3 million in 2019 before decreasing during the pandemic, but have since rebounded
to pre-pandemic levels. Most visitors explore the site with a guide.

Guided Tour (General Group): Approx. 100 - 130 PLN per person ($25–$35 USD).
Includes an educator, available in multiple languages.
Private/Specialized Tours: Prices vary, often significantly higher (e.g., ~$53+ per person

I have been to the camps several times.
Like any tourist attraction Tourist buses jam the parking lot(s), vendors sell drinks and trinkets.
There is a conflict between the faction that wants to convert the place into a Chamber of Horrors
and the more or less honest scholars who distain the fakery of the exhibits and push to expose the
false history promoted after the War.

[Eye of Zyclone]

There is a conflict between the faction that wants to convert the place into a Chamber of Horrors
and the more or less honest scholars who distain the fakery of the exhibits and push to expose the
false history promoted after the War.

Do they do it out of honesty or rather out of fear that some "Holocaust deniers" will expose those deceptions (a few damage-control minor concessions intended to salvage the gas-chamber myth itself from its own inconsistencies and postwar alterations)?