Auschwitz II was the largest part of the camp. It was split into six sections designated by the letters a to f. Each of these sections were cut off from one another by electrically charged barbed wire fences, as well as a second barrier of barbed wire which surrounded the camp as a whole. As another precaution against escaped prisoners, a line of armed soldiers constantly watched from wooden towers, which ringed the sections.
The men's sections contained wood barracks adapted from stables, while the women's contained partly brick and wood also adapted from stables.
