Auschwitz Birkenau
The site of the gravest mass murder in the history of humanity. It remains a memorial that can serve everyone as a mirror of the human soul and a prism for looking deep within ourselves.
Auschwitz-Birkenau (1941 - 1945) was the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps. Located in German-occupied southern Poland, it took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim, situated within the range of about 60 kilometres from Kraków, and 280 kilometres from Warsaw. The complex consisted of three main camps: Auschwitz I - the administrative centre, Auschwitz II (Birkenau) – an extermination camp, and Auschwitz III (Monowitz) – a work camp. In 1990, the figure of the people killed in the camp was placed at 1.1 – 1.6 million. About 90 percent of them were Jews from almost every European country. Most of the dead were killed in gas chambers using Zyklon B; other deaths were caused by systematic starvation, forced labour, lack of disease control, individual executions, and the so-called medical experiments. At the end of the war, the SS made great efforts to destroy what remained of the camp, burn the archives, and murder all the people they referred to as the „Bearers of Secrets”. However, they did not manage to destroy everything; evidence, witnesses, and memory still exist.
Auschwitz is a legible and unambiguous symbol that touches upon the fullness of human heart. It is no accident that more and more people visit the former camp every year. Only in 2007, more than 1.2 million people came to learn about what remains of the most horrible secret of the Third Reich
Tour Information
Schedule:
- 1 April - 31 May: Pick-up 8:30 a.m.
- 1 October – 31 March: Pick-up 8:30 a.m.
- 1 June - 30 Sept: Pick-up 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (twice a day)
HOTEL PICK-UP: from over 200 pickup points in Kraków
Price:
- Normal ticket: 110 PLN/person
- Students, under 26 years of age (Euro 26, ISIC): 99 PLN/person
- Seniors, over 60 years of age: 99 PLN/person
Price include:
- hotel/hostel pick-up
- professional guide
- air conditioned mini-bus
- tour leader
- visiting the permanent exhibition and buildings on the grounds of the Main Camp (KL Auschwitz I Stammlager)
- visiting the most important original objects at Birkenau
Unavailable dates:
Jan 1, Easter Sunday, Dec 25
Other languages and private tours on request.
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Please mention the size of your group, date and required language.
