Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Photo: Kasiadzida1, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Notable Places in the Area
BIIe Gypsy Family Camp
The Gypsy family camp was Section B-IIe of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, where Romani families deported to the camp were held together, instead of being separated as was typical at Auschwitz. BIIe Gypsy Family Camp is situated 230 metres west of Auschwitz concentration camp.Bath/Disinfestation facility 'Sauna'
Photo: Pimke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bath/Disinfestation facility 'Sauna' is a historic building situated 710 metres west of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Localities in the Area
Auschwitz-Birkenau
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Auschwitz-Birkenau is the generic name given to the cluster of concentration, labour and…
Effects storage 'Kanada II'
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The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust.
Brzezinka
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Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, about 3 kilometres from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Auschwitz concentration camp
- Type: Prison
- Description: one of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp system
- Categories: concentration camp, extermination camp, open-air museum, cultural heritage and government building
- Location: Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.03702° or 50° 2' 13" northLongitude
19.17612° or 19° 10' 34" eastElevation
233 metres (764 feet)Open Location Code
9F2X25PG+RCGeoNames ID
7701596Wikidata ID
Q663764Auschwitz concentration camp Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Kampi Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Arabic: معسكر أوشفيتز بيركينو
- Armenian: Բիրկենաու համակենտրոնացման ճամբար
- Basque: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Belarusian: Асьвенцім
- Bosnian: Koncentracijski logor Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Bosnian: Koncentracioni logor Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Breton: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Bulgarian: Аушвиц-Биркенау
- Catalan: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
- Catalan: Auschwitz II
- Cebuano: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Chinese: 奧斯威辛-比克瑙集中營
- Chinese: 比尔克瑙
- Chinese: 比爾克瑙
- Czech: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Danish: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Danish: Auschwitz-Birkenau koncentrationslejr
- Danish: Auschwitz II
- Dutch: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Dutch: Auschwitz
- Dutch: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
- Dutch: Auschwitz II
- English: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- English: Auschwitz-birkenau
- English: Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
- English: Auschwitz II
- English: Birkenau
- English: KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Esperanto: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Finnish: Birkenau
- French: Auschwitz II
- French: camp d'extermination de Birkenau
- Galician: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Georgian: აუშვიც-ბირკენაუს საკონცენტრაციო ბანაკი
- Georgian: აუშვიცი
- German: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- German: KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau
- German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Greek: Άουσβιτς-Μπίρκεναου
- Greek: στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Άουσβιτς-Μπίρκεναου
- Hebrew: אושוויץ
- Hebrew: אושוויץ II
- Hebrew: אושוויץ II בירקנאו
- Hebrew: מחנה ההשמדה בירקנאו
- Hungarian: KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Irish: Campa Géibhinn Auschwitz II-Birkenau
- Italian: Auschwitz II
- Italian: Campo di sterminio di Birkenau
- Japanese: アウシュヴィッツ第二絶滅収容所
- Japanese: アウシュヴィッツ=ビルケナウ
- Japanese: ビルケナウ
- Japanese: 第二アウシュヴィッツ
- Kölsch: Konzentratiunslajer Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Norwegian: Auschwitz konsentrasjonsleir
- Norwegian Bokmål: Auschwitz-Birkenau konsentrasjonsleir
- Polish: Auschwitz II – Birkenau
- Polish: Zespół Byłego Nazistowskiego Niemieckiego Obozu Koncentracyjnego i Zagłady Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Portuguese: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Romanian: lagărul de exterminare Birkenau
- Russian: концлагерь Биркенау
- Serbo-Croatian: Konzentratiunslajer Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Slovak: Koncentračný tábor Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Slovenian: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Spanish: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Spanish: Auschwitz II
- Swedish: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
- Swiss German: KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Tosk Albanian: KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Turkish: Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Ukrainian: концтабір Біркенау
- Welsh: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
- Welsh: Birkenau
- Western Armenian: Պիրքենաու ճամբար
- Auschwitz II–Birkenau
- Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration camp
- Аушвіц II Біркенау
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- Babice Railway SubstationPower station, 3 km northeast
- Hampton by Hilton OswiecimHotel, 3 km east
- Sanktuarium św. WalentegoChurch, 8 km northwest
- MlecznaStream, 8 km northwest
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