Monowitz concentration camp

Monowitz was a Nazi concentration camp and labor camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945, during World War II and the Holocaust. For most of its existence, Monowitz was a subcamp of the ; from November 1943 it and other Nazi subcamps in the area were jointly known as "Auschwitz III-subcamps".
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: one of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp system
  • Also known as: “Auschwitz III”, “Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp”, “Buna-Monowitz”, “KL Monowitz”, “Konzentrationslager Monowitz”, “KZ Auschwitz-Monowitz”, “KZ Monowitz”, “Асьвенцім III Монавіц”, “אושוויץ III”, “אושוויץ-מונוביץ”, “מונוביץ”, “アウシュヴィッツ第3強制収容所モノヴィッツ”, “アウシュヴィッツ第三強制収容所モノヴィッツ”, and “奧斯維辛第三集中營”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dwory and Kaplica Hallerów.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km north of Monowitz concentration camp.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Monowitz concentration camp.

Church
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is situated 2½ km south of Monowitz concentration camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gromiec and Stawy Monowskie.

Village
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is a in the administrative district… is situated 3 km north of Monowitz concentration camp.

Village
is a in the administrative… is situated 3½ km east of Monowitz concentration camp.

Monowitz concentration camp

Latitude
50.0311° or 50° 1′ 52″ north
Longitude
19.2915° or 19° 17′ 29″ east
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
Open location code
9F2X27JR+CH
Geo­Names ID
12077050
Wiki­data ID
Q700356
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Monowitz concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معسكر اعتقال مونوفيتس”
  • Belarusian: “Аўшвіц III Монавіц”
  • Bulgarian: “Аушвиц III Моновиц”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Monowitz”
  • Chinese: “莫諾維茨集中營”
  • Chinese: “莫诺维茨集中营”
  • Czech: “Auschwitz III - Monowitz”
  • Czech: “Auschwitz III – Monowitz”
  • Dutch: “Auschwitz III-Monowitz”
  • Dutch: “Auschwitz-Monowitz”
  • Finnish: “Monowitz”
  • French: “Monowitz-Buna”
  • Galician: “Campo de concentración de Monowitz”
  • Galician: “Monowitz”
  • German: “KZ Auschwitz III Monowitz”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Μονόβιτς”
  • Hebrew: “אושוויץ מונוביץ”
  • Hungarian: “Monowice”
  • Hungarian: “Monowitzi koncentrációs tábor”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Monowitz”
  • Italian: “campo di lavoro di Monowitz”
  • Italian: “Campo di lavoro di Monowitz”
  • Japanese: “アウシュヴィッツ第三収容所モノヴィッツ”
  • Malay: “Kem tahanan Monowitz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Auschwitz III Monowitz”
  • Norwegian: “Monowitz”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری مونوویتس”
  • Polish: “Auschwitz III – Monowitz”
  • Russian: “Аушвиц III Моновиц”
  • Russian: “Освенцим III Моновиц”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Моновиц”
  • Spanish: “Auschwitz Monowitz”
  • Swedish: “Monowitz”
  • Ukrainian: “Аушвіц III Мановіц”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Monowitz”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Monowice and Włosienica.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Hampton by Hilton Oswiecim and Babice Railway Substation.

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