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Auschwitz-Birkenau (1941 – 1945) was the largest of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps. Located in German-occupied southern Poland, it took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim, situated within the range of about 25 kilometers from Katowice, and 280 kilometers from Warsaw. It consisted of three main camps: Auschwitz I – the administrative centre, Auschwitz II (Birkenau) – the extermination camp, and Auschwitz III (Monowitz) – the work camp. There were about 1.1 million killed in the camp.
About 90 percent of them were Jews from almost every European country. Most prisoners were killed in gas chambers using Zyklon B but deaths were also caused by systematic starvation, forced labor, lack of disease control, individual executions, and the so-called medical experiments. At the end of the war, the SS put great efforts to destroy what remained of the camp, burn the archives, and murder all people who were the „Bearers of Secrets”. Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour gives you an opportunity to learn about holocaust and see one of the most terrifying but also touching places in the World.
