Postal barracks
Postal barracks is a historic building in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Postal barracks is situated nearby to the historic building Block 25, as well as near Block 26.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Historic building
- Also known as: “Barak pocztowy”
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’.
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 130 metres southeast of Postal barracks.
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 140 metres southeast of Postal barracks.
Execution wall
Memorial
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Execution wall is a memorial, which is situated 160 metres southeast of Postal barracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Rajsko.
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.
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.
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.
Postal barracks
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.02627° or 50° 1′ 35″ northLongitude
19.20265° or 19° 12′ 10″ eastLevels
1Open location code
9F2X26G3+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 29945503OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabled
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Hungarian—“Postal barracks” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Паштовы барак”
- German: “Postbaracke”
- Hungarian: “Postabarak”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Block 26 and Block 25.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Block 27: The book of names and Roll-call booth.
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