Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. Main Gatehouse. Auschwitz II-Birkenau was 10 times the size ofAuschwitz I, and held 100,000 prisoners by August 1944. Birkenau was built beginning in Autumn 1941 3 km to the west of Auschwitz I, in the village of Brzezinka Auschwitz Birkenau: German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed in 1979. DSC_0795p1

Oświęcim - Auschwitz

September 18th 2018
Today was our visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp. A somber day, but a must. The name Auschwitz itself conjures up the Holocaust and its horrific images. Oświęcim is about an hour and a half drive from Krakow. It is and was a railway center, with connections east to Krakow, west to Wrocław (once Breslau) and Berlin and south to Vienna. Thus the town was selected as a central place to whi ... read more

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Auschwitz

Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more

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