Birkenau concentration camp

An extension of Auschwitz consisting of crematoria, barracks, and workshops.

50.0371, 19.1752

Authority Source(s):

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068007, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q663764

Founding date:

1940

Dissolution date:

January 27, 1945

Liberated by:

Russia

Location: Brzezinka, Poland

Alternate Name(s):

Auschwitz II, Brzezinka

Parent: Auschwitz concentration camp

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Interviews related to this term:

David P. Boder Interviews Nechama Epstein-Kozlowski; August 31, 1946; Tradate, Italy

David P. Boder Interviews Max Meyer Sprecher; September 23, 1946; Feldafing, Germany

David P. Boder Interviews Irena Rosenwasser; August 22, 1946; Paris, France

David P. Boder Interviews Adolph Heisler; August 27, 1946; Geneva, Switzerland

David P. Boder Interviews George Kaldore; August 31, 1946; Tradate, Italy

David P. Boder Interviews Friedrich Schlaefrig; August 23, 1946; Paris, France

David P. Boder Interviews Jürgen Bassfreund; September 20, 1946; Munich, Germany

David P. Boder Interviews Hadassah Marcus; September 13, 1946; Hénonville, France

David P. Boder Interviews Gert Silberbard; August 27, 1946; Geneva, Switzerland

David P. Boder Interviews Jola Gross; August 3, 1946; Paris, France