Auschwitz I Concentration Camp (Main Camp)

Auschwitz I Concentration Camp (Main Camp) is a historical site in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Auschwitz I Concentration Camp (Main Camp) is situated nearby to the historic building Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’, as well as near Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’.

Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’

Historic building

Photo: VbCrLf, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Block 10 was a barrack at the Auschwitz concentration camp where men and women were used as experimental subjects for Nazi doctors. The experiments in Block 10 tested bodily reactions to various substances, ranging from no effect to sterilization. Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ is situated 170 metres south of Auschwitz I Concentration Camp (Main Camp).

Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’

Historic building

Photo: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’ is a historic building.

Execution wall

Memorial

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Execution wall is a memorial, which is situated 200 metres south of Auschwitz I Concentration Camp (Main Camp).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oświęcim and Brzezinka.

Oświęcim

Photo: Lankhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oświęcim is a town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 60 km west of Kraków. It's better known by its German name of Auschwitz, and from 1940 to 1945 over a million people, mostly Jews, were slain in the nearby camps.