Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

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Auschwitz-Birkenau is the best known place of genocide in the world. Created as a concentration camp, it became the centre of extermination for 1.5 million people: Jews, Poles, Gypsies and many others.

The tour starts with a 50-minute documentary movie about the liberation of the Camp. Our guide will introduce you to the historical and political background of creating the camp in Auschwitz. Then the tour proceeds to the museum founded in the remaining prison blocks, the gas chamber and the crematorium. After a short break, the trip continues to Birkenau which is the biggest Nazi concentration camp. Auschwitz-Birkenau is included on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

MEETING POINT:
in front of CRACOW CITY TOURS' office on Matejki Square no 2

DURATION:
7 hours

THE PRICE INCLUDES:
transport by bus, private guide - 1 for 35 people, tour leader, insurance 

LANGUAGES:

English - every day