Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Oświęcim

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Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Oświęcim

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Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is a place located in Oświęcim (Lesser Poland voivodeship) and belongs to the category of museum.

It is situated at an altitude of 774 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 50°1'35"N latitude and 19°12'14"E longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: Execution wall, Auschwitz-Birkenau (memorial, 3 min walk), Zamek (museum, 30 min walk), Centrum Żydowskie (museum, 31 min walk).

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°1'35"N, 19°12'14"E

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Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Theresienstadt family camp, Oświęcim Synagogue, Zamek, Execution wall.

1.3 miNW
Concentration camp
Theresienstadt family camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau
34 min walk • The Theresienstadt family camp, also known as the Czech family camp, consisted of a group of Jewish inmates from the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia, who were held in the BIIb section of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp from 8 September 1943 to 12 July 1944.
1.2 miNE
Museum, History museum
Oświęcim Synagogue, Oświęcim
31 min walk • The Oświęcim Synagogue, also called the Auschwitz Synagogue, is the only active synagogue in the town of Oświęcim, Poland. The formal, as well as pre-war, name of the synagogue is Khevre Loymdei Mishnayos.
1.2 miNE
Museum, History museum
Zamek, Oświęcim
30 min walk • Oświęcim Castle is a castle raised in the Medieval Ages on the top of a hill, on the right bank of the River Soła in Oświęcim. The castle comprises a thirteenth-century early-Gothic defence tower covered by a roof, a two-floor building built around a courtyard and additional connections between the wings built in 1929–31.
~480 ftS
50°1'30"N • 19°12'14"E
Execution wall, Auschwitz-Birkenau
3 min walk • Memorial
1.4 miNE
50°2'12"N • 19°13'51"E
Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Łukasza Górnickiego, Oświęcim
36 min walk • Library
1.2 miNE
Museum
Centrum Żydowskie, Oświęcim
31 min walk • The Auschwitz Jewish Center is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the city of Oświęcim and educate about the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and other prejudices and intolerance.