Auschwitz tour

Initially it was intelligentsia, prisoners from other camps, captives and the greatest percentage of Jews. The purpose of the Camp was a massive and systematic process of destroying and consequently killing its prisoners. In 1941, in the village of Brzezinka, located about 3 km from the main Camp, the Nazis established a new camp called Auschwitz II Birkenau. In the years 1942-1945, about 1.5 million people were killed there. Most of them were Jews (90%), Poles, Gypsies, Russians and prisoners from 28 European countries, people of all nationalities, political and religious beliefs. After the war, the camp was transformed into a museum of genocide. There are several characteristic places in the camp, especially documenting all the deaths and the aura of this place. These include: the main gate with the inscription ‘Arbeit Macht Frei - Work makes it free’, Block 10, where particularly cruel medical experiments took place, Block 11, known as the Death Block in which people were murdered under the ‘Wall of Death’ and in a gas chamber outside the camp (70,000 people were killed between 1940-1943). Currently, visitors have the opportunity to visit the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau camps and watch a film made after the camp was liberated, showing how horrifying and brutal of a place it used to be.

Auschwitz tour from Warsaw is a must when staying in Poland. Good choice for people who are interested in the history, especially World War 2.