Main Information Rzeszow is the biggest city in southeastern part of Poland. It is situated on both sides of the Wisłok river. It is situated in the South-East of Poland, at the frontier of Poland with the Ukraine and Slovakia and can be considered as the eastern outpost of the European Union. The city with population […]
The European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes Or The Black Ribbon Day is the international remembrance day for victims of totalitarian ideologies, specifically totalitarian communist regimes, Stalinism, Nazism and fascism. About On 23rd of August 1939, two totalitarian states – Nazi Germany and Soviet Union – concluded a Non-Aggression pact. An […]
Life in the camp Living conditions During the first several months, the prisoners’ rooms had neither beds nor any other furniture. Prisoners slept on straw-stuffed mattresses laid on the floor. After reveille in the morning, they piled the mattresses in a corner of the room. The rooms were so overcrowded that prisoners could sleep only […]
Children in Auschwitz General information On the basis of the partially preserved camp records and estimates, it has been established that there were approximately 232 thousand children and young people up to the age of 18 among the 1.3 million or more people deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. This figure includes about 216 thousand Jews, […]
Prisoners Belongings Nazi Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp is more than immense grounds, original camp blocks, guard towers and barracks. It is also tens of thousands of objects of a special meaning which are: deportees personal possessions, prisoner items, camp items, items connected with the extermination along with the ss items. Personal possesions of the […]
Virtual Auschwitz Walk Try walking around KL Auschwitz-Birkenau online. See the Concentration Camp from every angle. It’s an amazing sample of what you can explore in the Auschwitz Memorial. Click on the picture below and take a tour now!
About Auschwitz Prisoners Categories of prisoners Jews Before early 1942 the Nazis has deported a relatively small number of Jews to Auschwitz. Until mid-1942 the Poles had been the majority of the camp population with whom the first Jewish prisoners were transported. There were at least 21 Polish Jews among the first transport of more than […]
Essentials of the Auschwitz – Free eBook Specially for you we have created a very informative Guide Book about Auschwitz-Birkenau. What can you find in it? History of KL Auschwitz Liberation of KL Auschwitz Interesting facts about Auschwitz Auschwitz escapes and survivors Memorial and Museum Auschwitz–Birkenau today What you can see and experience Reasons to […]
The Masurian Lakeland About: General information The Masurian Lakeland (or The Masurian Lake District) is a lake districts in northeastern Poland within the geographical region of Masuria. It contains more than 2,000 lakes and is elected as one of the 28 finalists of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. The Lakeland extends roughly 290 km (180 mi) eastwards […]
Extermination Camps What to know Wall of Death in Auschwitz Nazi’s Death Factories Extermination camps are gloomy remains of World War II. During those hard times, when Poland was under German occupation, Nazis built their death factories. Auschwitz, Belzec, Stuthoff and many other camps were places of torment for thousands of Jews, Poles, Gypsies and […]