Łęg Stare Stawy

Łęg Stare Stawy is a nature reserve in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Łęg Stare Stawy is situated near the neighborhood Kamieniec, as well as near Nowe Stawy.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Auschwitz-Birkenau and Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.

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.

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.

Jewish Center

Museum

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The Auschwitz Jewish Center is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the city of Oświęcim and educate about the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and other prejudices and intolerance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oświęcim and Brzezinka.

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.