Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau is a museum in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie which is located on Więźniów Oświęcimia. Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau is situated nearby to the church Kościół pw. Miłosierdzia Bożego w Oświęcimiu, as well as near the building Gas Chamber/Crematory I.- Type: Museum
- Address: Więźniów Oświęcimia 55, Oświęcim, 32-600
- Wheelchair access: no
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 480 metres south of Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’
Historic building
Photo: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’ is a historic building, which is situated 260 metres south of Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’
Historic building
Block 11 was the name of a brick building in Auschwitz I, the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used for executions and torture. Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’ is situated 510 metres south of Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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.
Brzezinka
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, about 3 kilometres from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Rajsko
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Rajsko is situated 2½ km southwest of Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.02959° or 50° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
19.20502° or 19° 12′ 18″ eastOperator
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In Other Languages
“Centrum Obsługi Odwiedzających Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau” goes by many names.
- German: “Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kościół pw. Miłosierdzia Bożego w Oświęcimiu and Gas Chamber/Crematory I.
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