Pope Francis visited Auschwitz today during his five-day trip to Poland.
The Pontiff entered alone through the notorious “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate of the camp.
He prayed silently at several locations within the complex, and met former inmates as well as people designated “righteous amongst the nations” for sheltering Jews during the Holocaust.
The Pope also travelled to Birkenau, where most of Auschwitz’s 1.1 million victims were murdered.
