Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’

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.
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  • Historic building
  • …stands 12 metres (39 feet) tall
  • …has 2 floors
  • …has a half-hipped roof
  • Description: brick structure in the Auschwitz I concentration camp
  • Also known as
    “Block 10”
    “Blok 10 Eksperymenty ‘medyczne’”
    “Mengele block”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Execution wall and Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’.
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is a memorial.
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is a historic building, which is situated 230 metres north of Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.
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is a building, which is situated 320 metres north of Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oświęcim and Rajsko.
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is a town in Province in southern , 60 km west of .
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Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’

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Latitude
50.02532° or 50° 1′ 31″ north
Longitude
19.20372° or 19° 12′ 13″ east
Open location code
9F2X26G3+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29945564
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­barracks
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q3005436

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المربع 10”
  • Asturian: “Blocu 10”
  • Basque: “10. Blokea”
  • Belarusian: “Блок эксперыментаў”
  • Czech: “Blok 10”
  • Dutch: “Blok 10”
  • French: “Block 10”
  • German: “Block 10 (KZ Auschwitz)”
  • German: “Block 10 Versuchsstation für ‘medizinische’ Forschungen”
  • German: “Block 10”
  • Hebrew: “בלוק 10”
  • Hungarian: “10. blokk („orvostudományi kísérletek”)”
  • Indonesian: “Blok 10”
  • Italian: “Blocco 10 ‘esperimenti’ medici”
  • Italian: “Blocco 10 di Auschwitz I”
  • Macedonian: “Блок 10”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blokk 10”
  • Norwegian: “Blokk 10”
  • Persian: “بلوک ۱۰”
  • Spanish: “Bloque 10”
  • Swedish: “Block 10”
  • Ukrainian: “Блок 10”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Courtyard and Block 9 Camp Hospital Building (CHB).

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