Obóz
Obóz is a locality in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Obóz is situated near the neighborhood Osiedle Witolda Pileckiego, as well as near Kamieniec.Places of Interest
Highlights: Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’.
Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’
Historic building
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Rajsko.
Oświęcim
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.Rajsko
Village
Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Brzezinka
Village
Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, about 3 kilometres from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Obóz
- Type: Locality
- Location: Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.02649° or 50° 1′ 35″ north
Longitude
19.20404° or 19° 12′ 15″ east
Open location code
9F2X26G3+HJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Hungarian—“Obóz” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Канцлагер”
- German: “KL Auschwitz I (Stammlager)”
- Hungarian: “Tábor”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Osiedle Witolda Pileckiego and Kamieniec.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I) and Block 17.
Małopolskie: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kraków and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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