The Pope is the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place where Adolf Hitler's forces killed more than 1 million people, Brzezinka, Poland.
Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis paid a somber visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Alik Keplicz/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis arrives in Brzezinka part of the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Joe Klamar/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis walks towards the main entrance with the lettering "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Filippo Monteforte/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis prays in the cell of Polish friar Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger, at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp. AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis sits between barracks in the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz. AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis visit the International Monument to the Victims of the Birkenau Nazi death camp. AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis touches the "Wall of Death" a firing squad execution spot in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. HO/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis left through the entrance of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. Janek Skarzynski/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Polish scouts arrive to meet Pope Francis in Brzezinka part of the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Joe Klamar/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Pope Francis, background, is framed by a barbed wire as he prays in front of the Memorial at the former Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press
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