Małopolskie
Oświęcim County
Oświęcim

Birkenau Ash Pond

Birkenau Ash Pond is in , . Birkenau Ash Pond is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau and Gas chamber/Crematorium IV.

Museum
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Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. is situated 240 metres southeast of Birkenau Ash Pond.

Ruins
Photo: Diether, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruins.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 220 metres southwest of Birkenau Ash Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Effects storage ‘Kanada II’ and Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Locality
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The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Photo: Lankhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 and Brzezinka in southern Poland, some 60 km from .

Village
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is a village in southern , about 3 kilometres from , in the district of , , .

Birkenau Ash Pond

Latitude
50.04054° or 50° 2′ 26″ north
Longitude
19.16905° or 19° 10′ 9″ east
Open location code
9F2X25R9+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1340106493
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­basin
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
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Highlights include 5 and Gas chamber/Crematorium V.

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