6 Sights in Oświęcim, Poland (with Map and Images)

Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers; Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben; and dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis' Final Solution to the Jewish question.

Wikipedia: Auschwitz I (EN)

The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians in Oświęcim is located about 100 m south of the town square at Władysława Jagiełło Street. The church was built in the first half of the fourteenth century for the Dominicans brought here probably by the Duke of Cieszyn Mieszko. The construction of the monastery was continued by the Duke of Oświęcim Władysław and his wife Euphrosyne.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Bożej Wspomożenia Wiernych w Oświęcimiu (PL), Website

In the main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the term "Black Wall" was used to describe a bullet trap "made of black insulating plates" that was located on the stone wall in the courtyard between Block 10 and Block 11 (camp prison). From 1941 to 1943, death sentences were carried out against civilians, resistance fighters and concentration camp prisoners at the Black Wall.

Wikipedia: Schwarze Wand (KZ Auschwitz) (DE)

Block 11 was the name of a brick building in Auschwitz I, the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used for executions and torture. Between Block 10 and Block 11 stood the "Death Wall" where thousands of prisoners were lined up for execution by firing squad.

Wikipedia: Block 11 (EN)

The Auschwitz Jewish Center is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the city of Oświęcim and educate about the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and other prejudices and intolerance.

Wikipedia: Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oświęcim (EN), Website

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim – a church located north of the Old Town Square on the east-west axis. It is visible at the entrance to the bridge from the west.

Wikipedia: Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny w Oświęcimiu (PL), Website