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Rudolf Höss

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (which can also be spelled Höß, Hoess, and even Hoeß); 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel), and from 4 May 1940 to November 1943 was the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, where it is estimated that more than a million people were murdered. Höss joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and the SS in 1934. He was hanged in 1947 following a trial in Warsaw.

Located at 50.0277, 19.2063 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1900 births, 1947 deaths, Auschwitz concentration camp personnel, Executed Nazi concentration camp personnel, German anti-communists, Holocaust perpetrators, Nazis executed in Poland, People from Baden-Württemberg executed by hanging, Sachsenhausen concentration camp personnel, SS officers, 20th-century Freikorps personnel, Dachau concentration camp personnel, Nazi concentration camp commandants, People executed by Poland by hanging, People from Baden-Baden

Oświęcim Synagogue

The Oświęcim Synagogue, also called the Auschwitz Synagogue, is the only active synagogue in the town of Oświęcim, Poland. The formal, as well as pre-war, name of the synagogue is Khevre Loymdei Mishnayos . It is now part of the Auschwitz Jewish Center, which includes a Jewish Museum and an Education Center.

Located at 50.0403, 19.2204 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jewish Polish history, Holocaust museums, Museums in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Synagogues in Poland, Synagogues preserved as museums, Religious buildings completed in 1918, 20th-century synagogues, Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Buildings and structures in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, History museums in Poland, Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award recipients

Block 10

During the Holocaust, Block 10 was a cellblock at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp where women and men were used as experimental subjects for German doctors. The experiments in Block 10 ranged from skin testing for reaction to relatively gentle substances to giving phenol injections to the heart for immediate dissection. Although Block 10 was in the men's camps, the experiments conducted were mostly for women. To please the “elite” prisoners, the Germans would house prostitutes in Block 10.

Located at 50.0254, 19.2035 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Auschwitz concentration camp, Nazi human subject research

Babice, Oświęcim County

Babice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village has a population of 1,582.

Located at 50.0538, 19.2011 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Oświęcim County

Pławy

Pławy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres west of Oświęcim and 57 km west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 350.

Located at 50.0333, 19.15 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Oświęcim County

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a memorial and museum in Oświęcim, Poland, which includes the German concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It is devoted to the memory of the murders in both camps during World War II. The museum performs several tasks, among them research into the Holocaust.

Located at 50.0358, 19.1783 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Holocaust museums, Antisemitism, Museums established in 1947, World Heritage Sites in Poland, Oświęcim County, World War II museums in Poland, Museums in Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Oświęcim Basin

Oświęcim Basin is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Highlands to the north, Silesian Foothills and Wieliczka Foothills to the south. It has the size of around 1,236 km . Its name comes from the city of Oświęcim. It is located on the Vistula River on the confluences of Biała, Soła and Skawa which begin in Carpathian Mountains and Przemsza which begins in Silesian Highlands.

Located at 50.0333, 19.1667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Landforms of Poland

Auschwitz cross

The Auschwitz Cross, instituted on 14 March 1985, was a Polish decoration awarded to honour inmates of Nazi German concentration camps, including but not limited to Auschwitz (the Polish name of Auschwitz is Oświęcim). It was awarded generally to Poles, but it was possible to award it to foreigners in special cases. It could be awarded posthumously. It ceased to be awarded in 1999. An exception was made in the case of Greta Ferusic, who was awarded it in February 2004.

Located at 50.0248, 19.2031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Awards established in 1985, Civil awards and decorations of Poland, Awards disestablished in 2004, Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz concentration camp, Holocaust commemoration, Christian and Jewish interfaith, Individual crosses and crucifixes, Controversies in Poland