Auschwitz III (Monowitz)
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 Auschwitz concentration camp; from November 1943 it and other Nazi subcamps in the area were jointly known as "Auschwitz III-subcamps".
- Locality
- Description: one of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp system
- Also known as“Auschwitz III”“Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp”“KZ Auschwitz III Monowitz”“Monowitz”“Monowitz concentration camp”“Monowitz-Buna”
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Auschwitz III (Monowitz)
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Latitude
50.0275° or 50° 1′ 39″ north
Longitude
19.28753° or 19° 17′ 15″ east
Open location code
9F2X27HQ+22
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = yes
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place = locality
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Auschwitz III (Monowitz)” goes by many names.
معسكر اعتقال مونوفيتسArabic
Асьвенцім III МонавіцBelarusian
Аўшвіц III МонавіцBelarusian
Аушвиц III МоновицBulgarian
Camp de concentració de MonowitzCatalan
奧斯維辛第三集中營Chinese
莫諾維茨集中營Chinese
莫诺维茨集中营Chinese
Auschwitz IIICzech
Auschwitz III – MonowitzCzech
MonowitzCzech
Monowitz-BunaCzech
Auschwitz IIIDutch
Auschwitz III-MonowitzDutch
Auschwitz-MonowitzDutch
Auschwitz IIIFinnish
MonowitzFinnish
Campo de concentración de MonowitzGalician
MonowitzGalician
Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης ΜονόβιτςGreek
אושוויץ IIIHebrew
אושוויץ-מונוביץHebrew
מונוביץHebrew
MonowiceHungarian
Monowitzi koncentrációs táborHungarian
Kamp konsentrasi MonowitzIndonesian
Campo di lavoro di MonowitzItalian
MonowitzItalian
アウシュヴィッツ第3強制収容所モノヴィッツJapanese
アウシュヴィッツ第三収容所モノヴィッツJapanese
アウシュヴィッツ第三強制収容所モノヴィッツJapanese
Kem tahanan MonowitzMalay
MonowitzNorwegian
Auschwitz-III MonowitzNorwegian Bokmål
Buna-WerkeNorwegian Bokmål
اردوگاه کار اجباری مونوویتسPersian
Auschwitz IIIPolish
Auschwitz III – MonowitzPolish
MonowitzPolish
Аушвиц III МоновицRussian
Освенцим III МоновицRussian
Концентрациони логор МоновицSerbian
Auschwitz IIISwedish
MonowitzSwedish
Аушвіц III МановіцUkrainian
Trại tập trung MonowitzVietnamese
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