The Museum is located approximately 1,500 meters from the railway station. Near the station, there is a multi-storey Park & Ride parking available. Between April and October it is possible …

It is essential to visit both parts of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, in order to acquire a proper sense of the place that has become the symbol of the Holocaust of the …

Holocaust trains were railway transports run by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and other European railways under the control of Nazi Germany and its allies, for the purpose of forcible …

The train station of Auschwitz (Oświęcim) has a waiting area with ticket counter, kiosk, toilets (PLN 2.50) and lockers (small: PLN 6, middle: PLN 9, large: PLN 14). From here is a regular …

2 days ago · During the death marches, nearly 60,000 Auschwitz prisoners walked toward train stations in either Gliwice (a 30-mile distance) or Wodzislaw (a 35-mile distance).

Aug 29, 2024 · If you decide to go to Auschwitz from Krakow on your own, you can take the train from the main train station to Oświęcim. They are rather frequent, more or less every hour, …

Selections of mass Jewish transports took place on three railroad unloading platforms, or ramps. SS doctors made most of the decisions about who was qualified for labor, and who was killed …

3 days ago · During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle …

3 days ago · Old railroad tracks once used to transport Jews and others from across Europe to Auschwitz, the Nazi German extermination and labor camp, runs next to a bus station in …

The Altejudenrampe (old Jewish ramp), part of the Oświęcim freight railway station, was used from 1942 to 1944 for Jewish transports. [125][126] Located between Auschwitz I and …