Things to do in Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
The Auschwitz-Birkenau complex has left its inglorious mark on human history. A symbol of the Holocaust, during its five years of operation over a million Jews, along with Poles, Romani and other groups, were systematically killed by German Occupiers in WWII. Confronting and emotionally charged, a visit to the complex is an essential part of the human experience.
Composed of two sections, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, together they convey the magnitude of the compound. Auschwitz I was the main site opened in 1940 with the now infamous sign on its gate Arbeit macht frei (‘Work sets you free’). It held the first camps, the offices of the SS and was where criminal medical experiments and the first gassings using Zyklon B took place. Auschwitz II-Birkenau came later and for all intents and purposes became an extermination camp. The remains of its gas chambers and crematorium, along with primitive barracks, can still be seen.
Since 1947 this site has become a memorial and museum dedicated to the many victims of Auschwitz. Both camps require at least 90 minutes each to gain a comprehensive understanding of the events that took place here. With over two million visitors per year, it’s well advised to book in advance.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial guided tour from Krakow
Book a guided tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial from Krakow. Follow a licensed guide and visit the concentration camp.
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Auschwitz - Birkenau guided Memorial tour from Krakow
Book your tour from Krakow and visit Auschwitz Birkenau, a former concentration camp with a professional English-speaking guide.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Skip-the-Line Entry Tickets
Visit Auschwitz Birkenau, a former concentration, camp with an official museum guide-educator. Book your tour from Krakow.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum guided tour
Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, the largest of the Nazi concentration camps, and learn more about the everyday life of prisoners from a licensed guide.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial guided tour from Krakow
Book a guided tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial from Krakow. Follow a licensed guide and visit the concentration camp.
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Auschwitz - Birkenau guided Memorial tour from Krakow
Book your tour from Krakow and visit Auschwitz Birkenau, a former concentration camp with a professional English-speaking guide.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Skip-the-Line Entry Tickets
Visit Auschwitz Birkenau, a former concentration, camp with an official museum guide-educator. Book your tour from Krakow.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum guided tour
Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, the largest of the Nazi concentration camps, and learn more about the everyday life of prisoners from a licensed guide.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau guided tour with transport
Book the guided tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau with a transport service from Krakow. See the Holocaust memorial and learn about the story of WWII.
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Auschwitz Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine in one day from Krakow
Visit Auschwitz Birkenau, a former concentration camp with a professional English speaking guide and Wieliczka Salt Mine registered on the UNESCO list.
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Use a convenient shuttle bus and visit Auschwitz - Birkenau Concentration Camp by yourself. It is the fastest and the most comfortable way to get there from Krakow,
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Full-Day Auschwitz-Birkenau and Oskar Schindler Factory Tour from Krakow
Book a full-day Auschwitz-Birkenau and Oskar Schindler Factory. Take part in a guided tour of Schindler's factory and pay tribute to all those who lost their lives.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau guided tour with pick-up from Krakow
Visit the Auschwitz Museum and Birkenau Camp in Oświęcim during your tour from Krakow. Book your tickets online and learn more about the history of Poland with a professional guide.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine guided tour
Book a guided tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salt Mine with transport from Krakow and see all the highlights of the region!
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial full-day guided tour from Kraków
Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial with this fully organised tour from Kraków. This experience includes transportation and an English-speaking guide.
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Auschwitz Small Group Tour from Warsaw with Pick-up and Lunch
Visit the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum near Krakow, a tragic place in history, with a small group tour from Warsaw including pickup service and transport.
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Krakow
Poland
Reviews Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
“While the transport & organisation to the site was excellent I didn't feel the experience met my expectations. The guide seemed bored. Repeated the same information multiple times. It felt rushed; we were always being moved along when surely visiting a place such as this necessitated time and reflection.”
“The tour itself was very good. But the pick up contractor was diabolical. We booked an early tour so we could have a nice evening in town after the tour to let the experience of Auschwitz sink in. Had to call TUI to find out what time pick up was. Then 1hrs later got text from pick up and said tour was delayed by 2hrs. Then following morning another text to say it had been delayed again by another 2 Hours. Got back to hotel at 21:00. Too late for us to at our age to enjoy the sert of the evening”
“Enjoyed tour very good guides and great to do the experience. The company krakow booking were not so good. Cancelled our salt mine tour 1 day before, then next didn't show to pick us up for auschwitz tour. Weather was bad but other tours were getting picked up, we waited for an hour trying to contact them but getting no reply. Finally something around midday with tour being reorganised for next day, however no explanation for no pick up which was disappointing. Hopefully a one off ??”
