Tourist Information Centre in Oświęcim
Mass grave for about 700 prisoners of the Auschwitz Extermination Camp
Address: Więźniów Oświęcimia Str. 32-600 Oświęcim 1.4 km from the centre GPS: 50°01'53"N 19°12'15"E " Mass grave for about 700 prisoners of the Auschwitz Extermination Camp murdered during the final days of the camp's existence". In February 1945, the bodies of the victims of KL Auschwitz murdered during the evacuation of the camp were buried here, in a mass grave.
Monument to Battle and Martyrdom in Monowice
Address: Chemików Str.
32-600 Oświęcim
2.4 km from the centre
GPS: 50°02'02"N 19°15'13"E
Unveiled in January 1966, it commemorates the death of 30.000 inmates working in I.G. farben factory - producting methanol and rubber - between 1941-1945. (On the 31st October 1942 a subcamp - lager IV, later called Auschwitz III - Aussenlager and since November 1944 - the Konzentrazionslager...
Railway siding, the so-called Judenrampe
Address:
Piwniczna Str
32-600 Brzezinka
50°01'51.6"N 19°11'15.9"E
Judenrampe - railroad tracks situated between Auschwitz and Birkenau. It was used to unload the wagons, in which prisoners, mostly Jewish, were transported from all over occupied Europe. On Judenrampe there were held selection of victims who were separated into two groups - the first was destined to hard...
Site of former Jawischowitz sub-camp
Address:
Obozowa 7 Str.
32-620 Brzeszcze
8.3 km from the Museum Auschwitz I
A sub-camp located in the village of Jawiszowice (in German: Jawischowitz). The prisoners held there worked in two shafts of the Brzeszcze coal mine located in the localities of Jawiszowice and Brzeszcze. The camp began functioning in mid-August 1942 when 150 French Jews arrived under an agreement between the WVHA and the Reichswerke...
Bicycle route - Places of Remembrance
Download the GPX track -> HERE The 12-kilometre route runs through nine places related to the history of the town, commemorating the victims of two World Wars . With the use of the GPX track prepared by our Tourist Information Centre , each cyclist can individually cover a thematic bicycle route. Track also runs near three town parks - Peace Park , Zasole Park , and through the Boulevards on the Soła River. ...
