Learn about the Nazi concentration camp's history and honor those who lost their lives there
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum is a living memorial to the 1.3 million people who were imprisoned in Nazi Germany's largest concentration camp, of whom 1.1 million perished. Visitors can learn about the camp's history and see original exhibits and documents from the camp's operation during the German Nazi regime.
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum is located close to the industrial town of Oświęcim in southern Poland, just outside of Krakow.
Explore the largest Nazi concentration camp at your own pace
We chose a self guided tour and was told we would be loaned a guide book. This was small and contained very little information, it just showed pictures of some locations and did not 'guide' you around the camps. It is not worth carrying around with you.
We were told we would have an English spea...
This experience of actually being at Auschwitz-Birkineau was worth paying for, however the day was not very well planned. We had to be picked up an hour early due to how busy it was, arrived at Auschwitz ticket office at 5:45am and proceeded to queue for 3 hours arriving at the office to collect our...