Gas Chamber/Crematory I
Gas Chamber/Crematory I is a building in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Gas Chamber/Crematory I is situated nearby to the historic building Block 22, as well as near Camp administration.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’.
Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’
Historic building
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 320 metres south of Gas Chamber/Crematory I.
Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’
Historic building
Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’ is a historic building, which is situated 110 metres southwest of Gas Chamber/Crematory I.
Execution wall
Memorial
Execution wall is a memorial, which is situated 340 metres south of Gas Chamber/Crematory I.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Brzezinka.
Oświęcim
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.Brzezinka
Village
Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, about 3 kilometres from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Rajsko
Village
Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Gas Chamber/Crematory I
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Auschwitz I crematorium” and “Komora gazowa/Krematorium I”
- Categories: crematorium, gas chamber, and historic site
- Location: Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.02813° or 50° 1′ 41″ north
Longitude
19.20492° or 19° 12′ 18″ east
Levels
1
Roof shape
flat
Open location code
9F2X26H3+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=crematory
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=crematory
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=kiln
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Italian—“Gas Chamber/Crematory I” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Газавая камера/Крэматорый”
- Dutch: “Crematorium I”
- German: “Gaskammer/Krematorium I”
- Hungarian: “Gázkamra / I. krematórium”
- Italian: “Camera a gas/Crematorio I”
- Italian: “Forno crematorio di Auschwitz I”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Camp administration and Block 22.
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