Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum
Oświęcim
Auschwitz-Birkenau is synonymous with the Holocaust. More than a million Jews, and many Poles and Roma, were murdered here by German Nazis during WWII…
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Oświęcim
One of Upper Silesia's oldest towns, Oświęcim (osh-fyen-cheem) is today a quiet, medium-sized industrial city on the border with Małopolska. The Polish place name may be unfamiliar to most foreigners, but the German equivalent, Auschwitz, is not. The name is immediately synonymous with the largest attempt at genocide in human history. Though visiting the eerily preserved camps is a disturbing experience, it’s an essential element in understanding the full evil of the Holocaust.
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Auschwitz I was only partially destroyed by the fleeing Germans, and many of the original brick buildings stand to this day as a bleak testament to the…
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Though much of Birkenau was destroyed by the retreating Germans, the size of the place, fenced off with long lines of barbed wire and watchtowers…
Oświęcim
In the centre of Oświęcim, this museum commemorates the Jewish community that flourished here from the 16th century until WWII. On one side is the…
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