Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 26, 2016 in Munich, southern Germany, shows Ralf Breker of the Bavarian criminal police presenting a picture from the 3D model of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. Thanks to the work of the Bavarian state crime office (LKA) in Munich, German prosecutors and police investigating the last living Nazi war criminals can now immerse themselves in a highly precise 3D model of Auschwitz. / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE

MUNICH, Germany: Slipping on a virtual reality headset, the indelible images come into view: the steel rails, the imposing brick gatehouse, the rows of identical barracks, the gas chambers, the crematoria. 

Thanks to the work of the Bavarian state crime office (LKA) in Munich, German prosecutors and police investigating the last living Nazi war criminals can now immerse themselves in a highly precise 3D model of Auschwitz.