ZG Brzeszcze - Szyb Andrzej IX

ZG Brzeszcze - Szyb Andrzej IX is in Gmina Brzeszcze, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. ZG Brzeszcze - Szyb Andrzej IX is situated nearby to the historic building Miejsce Pamięci - Karna Kompania Kobiet - Frauen Strafkompanie, as well as near the church Kaplica parafii Św. Urbana.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Photo: Lankhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the generic name given to the cluster of concentration, labour and extermination camps established by the Nazis during the Second World War and located near the towns of Oświęcim and Brzezinka in southern Poland, some 60 km from Kraków.

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 3½ km northeast of ZG Brzeszcze - Szyb Andrzej IX.

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 3½ km northeast of ZG Brzeszcze - Szyb Andrzej IX.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harmęże and Pławy.

Harmęże

Village

Photo: Bartek843, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harmęże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Marian Kołodziej's artwork, The Labyrinth, is displayed in the basement of St. Maximilian Kolbe Centre in Harmęże.