The plans were not construction plans but were drawn after Auschwitz-Birkenau was built (on the foundations of an old military base from the Austro-Hungarian Empire).

Sketched on yellowing parchment, the 29 blueprints presented to Israel's prime minister Thursday lay out the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in chilling detail, with gas chambers, crematories ...

Architectural plans for the Auschwitz death camp that were discovered in Berlin last year were handed over Thursday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for display at Israel's Holocaust ...

BERLIN — Architectural plans for the Auschwitz death camp that were discovered in Berlin last year were given to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for display at his country ...

Architectural plans for the Auschwitz death camp that were discovered in Berlin last year were handed over to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for display at Israel's ...

BERLIN -- Architectural plans for the Nazi death camp Auschwitz that were discovered in Berlin last year go on public display in the German capital on Tuesday. In this Nov. 9, 2008 file picture ...

— A French arts museum defined the death camp Auschwitz as “an architectural achievement of the Bauhaus movement.” The “Spirit of the Bauhaus,” which opened in October at the Museum of ...

An exhibit about Auschwitz might seem out of place in an international gathering that typically showcases state-of-the-art architecture and cutting-edge building materials.

The blueprints include general plans for the original Auschwitz camp and its expansion to Birkenau camp, where most of the killings took place.

Archival maps, plans and photographs of Auschwitz have allowed researchers to make valuable insights into the history of the camp's evolution. A selection of those documents is available here.

An exhibit about Auschwitz might seem out of place in an international gathering that typically showcases state-of-the-art architecture and cutting-edge building materials.