Travel Guide to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland

travelling guideline:

1. April to October is the peak visiting period, during which tourists can only enter with a tour guide from 10:00 to 15:00.

2. Key sightseeing spots: gas chamber and incinerator , Wall of Death , Zyklon B , the remains of the victims, Nazi Guards and Camp Commanders Office Building , prisoner reception room, disinfection room (bathroom).

3. Related film and television works: classics → "Schindler's List" (), "The Gray Zone" (), " Auschwitz Concentration camps : The Forgotten Evidence (), Concentration camps Blood and Tears (), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ().

Tour route:

Camp 1: Entrance and exit gate → Roll Call Square → Building 10 → Wall of Death → Building 11 → Incinerator No. 1
Camp 2: Old Railway → Main Entrance → Railways → Penalty Department → Women bathroom → Incinerator 2 → Bathhouse → White House → Pond → Crematorium → Burning Pit → Red House → Mexico → Wooden House → Male bathroom → Main Entrance → Old Railway

Best time to visit:

All seasons

Shopping recommendations:

(Souvenir) Books, documentaries, etc.

(Shopping in Poland) Clothing, jewelry and art.

(Polish cuisine) Various soups, cabbage rolls (gotabki), fried pork chops (kotlet schabowy), pancakes and soft cheese (Nalesniki), various dumplings (pierogi), cheese, sausages and barbecue, etc.