Kraków Trip Overview
Visit the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, now turned into a UNESCO World Heritage Sites-listed museum. During your approximately 7-hours trip from Krakow, you will have an opportunity to discover the history of World War II and the Holocaust in Poland. A local, professional guide will provide you with all valuable facts in the camp sites and on your way to Auschwitz, you will have a chance to prepare yourself to the visit with a short documentary film “The liberation of Auschwitz” screened in your shared car.
On your visit to Auschwitz you are able to witness horrors of Auchwitz and enter prisoners cells, gas chambers, execution spots, workshops, wooden barraks and much more. The tour is divided into two separate parts. First – Auschwitz I where the guide will take you for a 2h walk through the camp. Second – Birkenau situated 3km away where it takes around 1h to discover the terrifying history of that place.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Kraków, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
Visit the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, now turned into a UNESCO World Heritage Sites-listed museum. During your approximately 7-hours trip from Krakow, you will have an opportunity to discover the history of World War II and the Holocaust in Poland. A local, professional guide will provide you with all valuable facts in the camp sites and on your way to Auschwitz, you will have a chance to prepare yourself to the visit with a short documentary film “The liberation of Auschwitz” screened in your shared car.
On your visit to Auschwitz you are able to witness horrors of Auchwitz and enter prisoners cells, gas chambers, execution spots, workshops, wooden barraks and much more. The tour is divided into two separate parts. First – Auschwitz I where the guide will take you for a 2h walk through the camp. Second – Birkenau situated 3km away where it takes around 1h to discover the terrifying history of that place.
Stop At: Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, ul. Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20 Entrance to the Museum is located at Stanisławy Leszczyńskiej Str. no. 11, Oswiecim 32-603 Poland
Visit the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau on this 7-hour trip from Krakow. By June 1940, Jews and over 700 political criminals had been sent to Auschwitz and the atrocities had begun.
Birkenau was built by Auschwitz prisoners and by October 1941 was used as an extermination camp. Between 1 and 1.5 million were killed, and approximately 90 percent of those killed were Jews.
Before Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated in January 1945, the SS attempted to blow up the camp and destroy the documentation. They were only partially successful, and the Polish government decided to restore the site as a memorial to the victims.
Auschwitz Camp – exhibition in buldings
Crematory
Death wall
Birkenau Camp (Auschwitz II) – exhibition outside
Former barracks where prisoners lived
Death Gate
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
