Auschwitz-Birkanau Memorial Visitor Guide
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From Camp to Memorial Auschwitz Museum history begins with the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27 January 1945. The Red Army found around 7,000 prisoners, many gravely ill and emaciated. In the days and weeks that followed, field hospitals were established …
Introduction – Daily life in Auschwitz Daily life in Auschwitz was engineered to dehumanise. From the first minutes after arrival—head shaving, loss of personal belongings, and registration—prisoners were reduced to numbers and pushed into a routine of hunger, fear, and …
Introduction – Seeking Justice after Auschwitz Auschwitz Trials were the first attempts to bring justice after the liberation of the camp on 27 January 1945. When the Red Army entered Auschwitz, the world confronted evidence of crimes on an unprecedented …
Introduction – Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust Roma in Auschwitz were part of the wider tragedy of Roma and Sinti under Nazi rule. They were among the groups persecuted systematically, with policies evolving from exclusion and discrimination in prewar …
Introduction – Women in Auschwitz Between 1942 and 1944, around 400,000 women were deported to Auschwitz. Only a fraction survived. Their stories reveal both the specific brutality they endured and the strength of solidarity that often helped them resist despair. …
Auschwitz tattoos remain one of the most recognisable symbols of the camp system. A number replaced a name, and a few digits carried more information than any registration card. Unlike other German camps, Auschwitz was the only site where prisoners …
A Bestseller and a Debate The Tattooist of Auschwitz, written by Heather Morris and published in 2018, became an international bestseller. Translated into dozens of languages and adapted into a TV series, it captivated millions of readers worldwide. At the …
Auschwitz Experiments – Medicine Turned into Crime Auschwitz was not only the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp but also a site of horrific medical experiments. Under the guise of science, SS doctors carried out procedures that ignored every principle …
The Youngest Victims of Auschwitz Children in Auschwitz were among the most vulnerable victims of the Holocaust. Auschwitz has become the symbol of Nazi terror, where more than one million people were murdered – including tens of thousands of children …
Arrival and Selection Process Auschwitz gas chambers became the main killing sites of the Holocaust. From 1942 onwards, trains carrying Jews, Roma, and other victims arrived daily at Auschwitz-Birkenau. After stepping off the cattle cars, deportees were lined up on …