Oswiecim Travel Guide

 breughel Says:  If you are well aware of what happened under the Nazi regime in the countries invaded by Germany you might opt for an individual visit. Just buy a small booklet with the maps of the blocks-barracks to visit in Auschwitz I and in Birkenau. The summary description of this 24... 

 breughel Says:  From the 28 one store brick buildings five have been transformed in museums with a permanent exhibition with photographs, photocopies of documents, historical exhibits including prisoner garments, bunks and other furnishings from prisoner rooms, and items seized from Jewish... 

 iblatt Says:  The Auschwitz (Oswiecim) Concentration Camp is definitely one of the most impressive, chilling and thought provoking sites you can imagine. Auschwitz-1 was a forced-labor concentration camp, where sadistic "medical experiments" in human prisoners were also performed. It is... 

 breughel Says:  Aside from the permanent exhibitions there are in blocks 13 - 21 & 27 at KL Auschwitz I permanent displays known as the national exhibitions.These are from countries occupied by the Germans whose citizens were deported and died in Auschwitz. These exhibitions show the... 

 breughel Says:  From the official website: "Taking pictures on the grounds of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oœwiêcim for own purposes, without use of a flash and stands, is allowed for exceptions of hall with the hairs of Victims (block nr 4) and the basements of block nr 11."That... 

 breughel Says:  All concentration camps in Poland where build and ruled by the Germans so that it came as a shock for Poland (and lead to a international petition* of protest with 230000 signatures) when in the U.S.A. some news media used the historically erroneous terms "Polish... 

 alancollins Says:  At Auschwitz I people died in their thousands, at Auschwitz II Birkenau people died in their millions. Most visitor travel to Auschwitz I unaware that the real horror of the Nazis' final solution took place at Auschwitz II Birkenau, which is located 3km away. This was the... 

 alancollins Says:  The camp was originally an army barracks consisting of 20 buildings, 14 were a single storey and 6 had a second floor. Between 1941-42, 8 more buildings were constructed and a second storey was added to the single storey buildings. The inmates were used to construct the... 

 Bavavia Says:  Auschwitz Museum as it is called, is a very moving place to visit. You go here and think of the horrible tragedies these people endured......it makes you think of the people......and their suffering. The museum is very well organized and really, no tour is needed. I took a... 

 doug48 Says:  pictured is the auschwitz I admistration building. today it houses the state museum visitor center. here you can arrange a tour of the camp or purchase a guide book for a self guided tour. at the visitor center they also run a movie about the camp. admission to... 

 doug48 Says:  pictured is one of twenty eight brick buildings that housed the imates at auschwitz I. twenty of these buildings were originally part of a polish army base. in 1942 over 20,000 inmates were housed in auschwitz I. 

 budapest8 Says:  The town of Oświęcim lies on the intersection of road 44 and road 933 and is at the northern extremity of road 948 if you are driving there. Oświęcim's old town is located east of the River Soła, with the Main Market Square (Rynek Główny) at its... 

 DAO Says:  This can be a bit confusing and I am sure, like me, you do not want to offend. Auschwitz-Birkenau is a mass grave. In fact the whole area is. This is because the ashes from the crematoria (plural) were spread on fields as fertiliser during the war. My Tour Guide pointed out... 

 Mikebond Says:  In the Auschwitz concentration camp it is allowed to take photos only outdoors. This is meant to respect the death of so many people. Auschwitz is a sacred place, although it is not a church or a synagogue.Please, do respect this prohibition! It is very disturbing to see...