Auschwitz

Auschwitz

German network of concentration and extermination camps in occupied Poland during World War II

Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben, and dozens of subcamps.

Also known as...KZ Auschwitz, Birkenau, Auschwitz death camp, Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Au., Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp, and Oświęcim