What is Auschwitz-Birkenau? History, Significance & Visitor Overview
What is Auschwitz-Birkenau? Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, operating from 1940 to 1945 near the Polish town of Oświęcim. More than 1.1 million people — the vast majority of them Jewish — were murdered there during the Holocaust. Today it is preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the … Read more