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Auschwitz
German network of concentration and extermination camps in occupied Poland during World War II
Also known as KZ Auschwitz · Birkenau · Auschwitz death camp · Auschwitz concentration camp · Auschwitz-Birkenau · Au.
- Opened
- May 20, 1940
- Founded
- May 20, 1940
- Located in
- Oświęcim County(since 1951)
- , Bielitz
- Country
- Poland(since 1945)
- , Nazi Germany(until 1945)
Overview
All data
177 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Heritage designation
- World Heritage Site(since 1979) official name: Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945), Auschwitz Birkenau Camp allemand nazi de concentration et d'extermination (1940-1945) · world heritage criteria: (vi)
- immovable monument in Poland
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- Significant event
- liberation(January 27, 1945)
- Child organization or unit
- Althammer concentration camp
- Golleschau concentration camp
- Bobrek
- Eintrachthütte concentration camp
- Gleiwitz I concentration camp
- Neustadt O.S. concentration camp
- Brünn concentration camp
- Gleiwitz II concentration camp
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- Janinagrube concentration camp
- Trzebinia concentration camp
- Bismarckhütte concentration camp
- Kobier concentration camp
- Tschechowitz concentration camp
- Lichtewerden concentration camp
- Laurahütte
- Chelmek-Paprotnik concentration camp
- Sosnowitz I concentration camp
- Günthergrube concentration camp
- Kattowitz concentration camp
- Hindenburg concentration camp
- Plawy concentration camp
- Tschechowitz (Bombensucherkommando)
- Nachhammer concentration camp
- Hohenlinde concentration camp
- Freudenthal concentration camp
- Gleiwitz IV concentration camp
- Sosnowitz II concentration camp
- Budy concentration camp
- Gleiwitz III concentration camp
- Harmense concentration camp
- Lagischa concentration camp
- Jaworzno concentration camp
- Fürstengrube
- Jawischowitz concentration camp
- Auschwitz I concentration camp
- Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
- Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp
- Altdorf
- Babitz
- Blechhammer concentration camp
- Charlottengrube concentration camp
- Radostowitz concentration camp
- Rajsko concentration camp
- Prisoner count
- 152,000(1943)
- Catalog code
- camps/0 catalog: EHRI authority control
- Dissolved
- January 27, 1945
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Sources- 1.Stated in Holocaust Encyclopedia“Auschwitz”encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/es/article/auschwitzRetrieved 2026-04-07
- January 27, 1945
- Native label
- Konzentrationslager Auschwitz
- Obóz Koncentracyjny Auschwitz
- Deaths
- 1,100,000
- Area
- 192 ha
- 191.97 ha applies to part: World Heritage Site
- Commanded by
- Rudolf Höss(1940–1943)
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- Rudolf Höss(1940–1943)
- Polish cultural heritage register number
- A-714/95 z 1995-08-02
- Visitors per year
- 1,830,000 universe(2024)
- 1,670,000 universe(2023)
On other databases
87 identifiers linking Auschwitz across the web's reference databases
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- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineosvencimas-1
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- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID191569
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- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)525729
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- FactGrid item IDQ195178
- FAST ID723014
- Find a Grave cemetery ID2242196
- Finnish national bibliography corporate name ID217262A
- France 24 topic ID (French)auschwitz-birkenau
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- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7013310
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- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDAuschwitz
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2695920
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- IdRef ID027497194
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- Interlingual Index IDi50266
- ISNI0000000122360451
- J9U entity ID987007258076605171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)13100
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- National Library of Brazil ID000604341
- National Library of Chile ID000233534
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000013223
- National Library of Latvia ID000094820
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810676859405606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX451335
- NE.se IDauschwitz
- New York Post topic IDauschwitz
- NL CR AUT IDolak2003164504
- Omni topic ID135c7e53d89c2d09fec4da6907be384e43c62f85
- Open Library subject IDauschwitz_(concentration_camp)
- OpenStreetMap node ID8810080006
- Postimees topic ID5071
- SELIBR ID217332
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls008135490
- SNARC IDQ146423
- Süddeutsche Zeitung topic IDAuschwitz
- SVKKL authority IDk0007910-Osvetim-koncentracni-tabor
- Swedish National Library Arken IDAuschwitz
- The Advocate tag IDauschwitz
- The Independent topic IDauschwitz
- The U.S. Sun topic IDwhere/auschwitz
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDauschwitz
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID8472
- University of Barcelona authority ID981058619567506706
- USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia ID10005189
- Vatican Library ID (former scheme)ADV11511573
- Vatican Library VcBA ID494/55758
- VIAF cluster ID168340274
- Vikidia article IDfr:Auschwitz
- WikiKids IDAuschwitz_(concentratiekamp)
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["HistoricalSite", "AuschwitzConcentrationCamp::sjc29"]
- World Heritage Site ID31
- WW2 Thesaurus Camp List ID3653
- Yale LUX IDplace/a6735a63-aead-4cd7-b88f-ed0f4123b025
- Yle topic ID18-168716
- Zhihu topic ID20013674