The exhibition “Auschwitz – Experiences of Camp Prisoners” in Blocks 8 and 9 presents the fates and experiences of those registered in the German Nazi concentration and extermination …

All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Shoah. It was established by Germans in 1940, in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city that was annexed …

It is essential to visit both parts of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, in order to acquire a proper sense of the place that has become the symbol of the Holocaust of the …

Auschwitz (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, KL Auschwitz) is the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, recognized as the most emblematic symbol of the …

Although the camp was founded for Poles and had a Polish majority among its prisoners for the first two years it was in operation, there were also Jews among the deportees to Auschwitz …

Auschwitz I, the main camp in Oświęcim. In August 1944, it held about 16 thousand prisoners (roughly 10 thousand Jews, 4 thousand Poles, and 3 thousand prisoners from other ethnic …

Ekspozycja „Auschwitz – doświadczenia więźniów obozu” w blokach 8 i 9 prezentuje losy i doświadczenia więźniów zarejestrowanych w niemieckim nazistowskim obozie …

The State Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum provides a full Internet service in English and Polish. In particular we recommend pages dedicated to the history of the former Nazi concentration …

“Konzentrationslager Auschwitz” (KL Auschwitz, German for "Auschwitz Concentration Camp") was the name of a state run German concentration camp established by the German Nazis in …

Its name was changed to Auschwitz, which also became the name of Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. The direct reason for the establishment of the camp was the fact that mass arrests …