Restoration and preservation of the reinforced concrete poles of fence at the former Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp

摘要

The objective of this study was to assess the present state of the reinforced concrete Received in revised form 1 December 2015 poles of fence at the former Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and Accepted 3 December 2015 extermination camp. The poles were subjected to renovation about 10 years ago. After this Available online 14 December 2015 time some deficiencies of applied renovation method were noticed. Cracks appeared between fresh and original part of concrete cover. Analysis of the reasons of these failures.