Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) World Heritage Site

Official name
Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) | UNESCO
Country
Poland | Map
Continent
Europe
Location
Oswiecim County, Lesser Poland (Malopolska) Voivodship (formerly Bielsko-Biala)
50.3880° Lat, 19.1750° Lon | Map
Code
31
Time Zone
Europe/Warsaw (CET, +0100)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1979. The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide took place in the former concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest in the Third Reich. According to historical investigations, 1.5 million people, among them a great number of Jews, were systematically starved, tortured and murdered in this camp, the symbol of humanity's cruelty to its fellow human beings in the 20th century.