Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust.
- Prison
- …lies at an elevation of 233 metres (764 feet)
- Description: one of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp system
- Also known as“Auschwitz II”“Auschwitz II–Birkenau”“Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration camp”“Auschwitz-Birkenau”“Birkenau”“KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bath/Disinfestation facility ‘Sauna’.
Bath/Disinfestation facility ‘Sauna’
Historic building
Gas Chamber/Crematory III
Ruins
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Effects storage ‘Kanada II’ and Brzezinka.
Effects storage ‘Kanada II’
Locality
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Auschwitz concentration camp
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Latitude
50.03702° or 50° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude
19.17612° or 19° 10′ 34″ east
Open location code
9F2X25PG+RC
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Auschwitz concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kampi Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Arabic: “معسكر أوشفيتز بيركينو”
- Armenian: “Բիրկենաու համակենտրոնացման ճամբար”
- Basque: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Belarusian: “Асьвенцім II”
- Bosnian: “Koncentracijski logor Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Bosnian: “Koncentracioni logor Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Breton: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Bulgarian: “Аушвиц-Биркенау”
- Catalan: “Auschwitz II-Birkenau”
- Catalan: “Auschwitz II”
- Cebuano: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Chinese: “奧斯威辛-比克瑙集中營”
- Chinese: “比尔克瑙”
- Chinese: “比爾克瑙”
- Czech: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Danish: “Auschwitz II”
- Danish: “Auschwitz-Birkenau koncentrationslejr”
- Danish: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Dutch: “Auschwitz II-Birkenau”
- Dutch: “Auschwitz II”
- Dutch: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Dutch: “Auschwitz”
- Esperanto: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Finnish: “Birkenau”
- French: “Auschwitz II”
- French: “camp d’extermination de Birkenau”
- Galician: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Georgian: “აუშვიც-ბირკენაუს საკონცენტრაციო ბანაკი”
- Georgian: “აუშვიცი”
- German: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- German: “K.L. Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- German: “KZ Auschwitz II”
- German: “KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- German: “Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Greek: “Άουσβιτς-Μπίρκεναου”
- Greek: “στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Άουσβιτς-Μπίρκεναου”
- Hebrew: “אושוויץ II בירקנאו”
- Hebrew: “אושוויץ II”
- Hebrew: “אושוויץ”
- Hebrew: “מחנה ההשמדה בירקנאו”
- Hungarian: “KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Irish: “Campa Géibhinn Auschwitz II-Birkenau”
- Italian: “Auschwitz II”
- Italian: “campo di sterminio di Birkenau”
- Italian: “Campo di sterminio di Birkenau”
- Japanese: “アウシュヴィッツ＝ビルケナウ”
- Japanese: “アウシュヴィッツ第二絶滅収容所”
- Japanese: “ビルケナウ”
- Japanese: “第二アウシュヴィッツ”
- Kölsch: “Konzentratiunslajer Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Auschwitz-Birkenau konsentrasjonsleir”
- Norwegian: “Auschwitz konsentrasjonsleir”
- Polish: “Auschwitz II – Birkenau”
- Polish: “Zespół Byłego Nazistowskiego Niemieckiego Obozu Koncentracyjnego i Zagłady Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Portuguese: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Romanian: “lagărul de exterminare Birkenau”
- Russian: “концлагерь Биркенау”
- Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Аушвиц II-Биркенау”
- Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Slovenian: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Spanish: “Auschwitz II”
- Spanish: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Swedish: “Auschwitz II-Birkenau”
- Swiss German: “KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Turkish: “Auschwitz-Birkenau”
- Ukrainian: “Аушвіц II Біркенау”
- Ukrainian: “концтабір Біркенау”
- Welsh: “Auschwitz II-Birkenau”
- Welsh: “Birkenau”
- Western Armenian: “Պիրքենաու ճամբար”
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