19401940–27 January 1945 · Oświęcim

Auschwitz-Birkenau

The gatehouse and railway tracks entering Auschwitz II-Birkenau — Photo: Ingo Mehling. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nazi Germany set up Auschwitz in occupied Poland as a concentration camp for Polish prisoners, then added the Birkenau killing centre with gas chambers. About 1.1 million people were murdered there, around a million of them Jews, along with Poles, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war. Soviet troops liberated the camp on 27 January, now International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Holocaust & Remembrance
Jewish Heritage
Krakow & Auschwitz, Poland

Sites

Site 1: Auschwitz IBrick barracks, the camp gate and exhibitions in the former blocks.Map ↗
Site 2: Auschwitz II-BirkenauThe rail ramp, the ruined gas chambers and rows of barracks.Map ↗