Once you get over the initial shock of where you actually are the main gate into Auschwitz is the main focus of your attention. Although it is exactly as I thought it would be, it was still very strange seeing the ironic words "Arbeit Macht Frei". Only as you pass through the gate do you fully appreciate what you are about to witness, it is then that a strange feeling comes across you, it is almost as if you know that terrible things have occurred there.