Ziemniaczarek

Ziemniaczarek is a historic building in Oświęcim, Małopolskie. Ziemniaczarek is situated nearby to the historic building Kwaszarnia, as well as near the memorial I Judenrampe.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and I Judenrampe.

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.

I Judenrampe

Memorial

Photo: Vberger, Public domain.

I Judenrampe is a memorial, which is situated 150 metres northeast of Ziemniaczarek.

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 1¼ km east of Ziemniaczarek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pławy and Brzezinka.

Pławy

Village

Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pławy 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.

Effects storage ‘Kanada II’

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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

Ziemniaczarek

Type: Historic building
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.02958° or 50° 1′ 47″ north

Longitude

19.18643° or 19° 11′ 11″ east

Open location code

9F2X25HP+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 387693534

OpenStreetMap feature

building=collapsed

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

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In Other Languages

“Ziemniaczarek” goes by many names.

German: “FUNF KARTOFFELLAGERHALLE”

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Highlights include Kwaszarnia and Judenrampe.

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