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 Alexander Gertner; August 26, 1946; Geneva, Switzerland

David P. Boder Interviews Henry Sochami; August 12, 1946; Paris, France

David P. Boder Interviews Jacob Minski; August 23, 1946; Paris, France

David P. Boder Interviews Nelly Bondy; August 22, 1946; Paris, France

David P. Boder Interviews Ernesto Moeller-Arnold; September 20, 1946; Munich, Germany

David P. Boder Interviews Abraham Kimmelmann; August 27, 1946; Geneva, Switzerland

David P. Boder Interviews Helen Tichauer; September 23, 1946; Feldafing, Germany