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Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum
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Poland
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Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20, 32-603 Oswiecim, Poland

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About Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a museum located in Poland. It is situated at the place of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim town. It was founded in April of 1946. The site covers an area of 191 hectares. It was designated as the World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1979. Piotr Cywiński is currently serving as the director of the museum. The site is visited by over two million people every year.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum

  • The site is preserved as a memorial for 1.1 million people who died in this area at the time of World War II and the Holocaust. They have preserved some personnel items of the deceased as a memory.
    The site is preserved as a memorial for 1.1 million people who died in this area at the time of World War II and the Holocaust. They have preserved so
  • Out of the 1.1 million people killed in the Holocaust were 960 thousand Jews.
  • The first prisoner arrived at the site was on May 20, 1942, which was a start of a disastrous chapter in the history of the world.
  • The barracks were overcrowded as they kept 1200 prisoners in a barrack of the capacity of 700.
  • They had not spared even the children. About 232 thousand prisoners at the place were children most of them were Jews. You can see their clothes like dresses, shirts. Even the prisoners include innocent infants on which Nazi's did not felt any kindness and they became a victim of their cruel intention which can scare the people even now.
    They had not spared even the children. About 232 thousand prisoners at the place were children most of them were Jews. You can see their clothes like
  • The cruelty of the Nazis can also be estimated with the fact that they used to shave the heads of the prisoners at the time they arrived here so that they could not escape. They used these hairs to make cushions, carpets or spun them into yarn which was used by Nazi commanders and soldiers in winters. There is a huge glass case in a room of this museum that is full of hair from numerous thousand victims.
    The cruelty of the Nazis can also be estimated with the fact that they used to shave the heads of the prisoners at the time they arrived here so that
  • The site is full of horrible past and surely a kind-heart person burst into tears about the tortures with which the prisoners went. The Nazis used one more cruel method to kill the physically unfit prisoners. They were put in a chamber by saying that they will be given a hot shower and a coffee. The Zyklon-B gas was inserted into the chamber through ventilators and they were kept until they take their last breath. Even infants were thrown inside by a tiny window and those who do not die because of gas were killed by beating.
    The site is full of horrible past and surely a kind-heart person burst into tears about the tortures with which the prisoners went. The Nazis used one
  • The prisoners were also kept in a wooden barrack which was converted from a stable.
    The prisoners were also kept in a wooden barrack which was converted from a stable.
  • Also, there are some victims who died due to starvation and bad sanitary conditions.
    Also, there are some victims who died due to starvation and bad sanitary conditions.
  • More you talk about their cruelty more and more you came to know how brutally they tortured the prisoners. Even small children were forced to labor and were not given sufficient meals. And they were beaten deadly in case of any fault.
    More you talk about their cruelty more and more you came to know how brutally they tortured the prisoners. Even small children were forced to labor an

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