Obóz dla radzieckich jeńców wojennych

Obóz dla radzieckich jeńców wojennych is a historic site in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Obóz dla radzieckich jeńców wojennych is situated nearby to the historic building Block 13 (Roma exhibition), as well as near Block 14.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’.

Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’

Historic building

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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 220 metres south of Obóz dla radzieckich jeńców wojennych.

Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’

Historic building

Photo: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’ is a historic building.

Gas Chamber/Crematory I

Building

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Gas Chamber/Crematory I is a building, which is situated 100 metres north of Obóz dla radzieckich jeńców wojennych.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oświęcim and Brzezinka.

Oświęcim

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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.