Auschwitz. Just uttering the name of this Nazi concentration camp was enough to send chills down the spine of many who knew of its existence and fate more terrible than death to those who were unfortunate enough to face the inner walls of this camp. How did one concentration camp in World War II become...Read More
Located in the town of Oświęcim, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created in 1946 on the site of the former Nazi Germany concentration camp of Auschwitz under the guidance of Poland’s Ministry of Culture and Art by Tadeusz Wąsowicz and other former Auschwitz prisoners. The museum was officially founded in 1947 with its first exhibition...Read More
Visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum concentration camp tours is extremely important to learn about the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust. However, to learn about the culture that was (almost!) completely destroyed, it’s absolutely essential to visit Krakow’s Jewish quarter. If you’ve watched Steven Spielberg’s famous war movie Schindler’s List, you could already see bits of...Read More
