Pope Francis visits Nazi death camp at Auschwitz

Pope Francis has paid a sombre and largely silent visit to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place where Adolf Hitler’s forces killed more than a million people.

Francis entered the camp on foot, walking slowly in his white robe beneath the notorious gate at Auschwitz bearing the words “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work will set you free).

After Auschwitz he moved to nearby Birkenau, where people were murdered in factory-like fashion in gas chambers.