Auschwitz
German network of concentration and extermination camps in occupied Poland during World War II
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Summary
Auschwitz is a Nazi concentration camp[1]. Auschwitz ranks in the top 1% of nazi concentration camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,823 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oświęcim County[3], Bielitz[4]
- Country: Nazi Germany[5], Poland[6]
- Instance of: museum[7], extermination camp[8], architectural ensemble[9]
- Named after: Oświęcim[10]
- Child organization or unit: Althammer concentration camp[11], Golleschau concentration camp[12], Bobrek[13], Eintrachthütte concentration camp[14], Gleiwitz I concentration camp[15], Neustadt O.S. concentration camp[16], Brünn concentration camp[17], Gleiwitz II concentration camp[18], Janinagrube concentration camp[19], Trzebinia concentration camp[20], Bismarckhütte concentration camp[21], Kobier concentration camp[22], Tschechowitz concentration camp[23], Lichtewerden concentration camp[24]
- Part of: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum[25]
- Commons category: Auschwitz concentration camp[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27], UTC+02:00[28]
- Has part(s): Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp[29], Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp[30], Auschwitz I concentration camp[31]
- Catalog code: camps/0[32]
- Inception: May 20, 1940[33]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 27, 1945[34]
- Parent organization or unit: SS Main Economic and Administrative Office[35]
- Significant event: liberation[36]
- Official website: http://www.auschwitz.org/[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Auschwitz concentration camp[38]
Why It Matters
Auschwitz has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Auschwitz is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]