During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau ... of war were also among the victims. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan.

A 42-mile trip west of Kraków, the brutal, crushing concentration and extermination camps of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau are located in the city of Oswiecim. More than 1.1 million ...

the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme has produced an exhibition on Auschwitz Birkenau, the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, that provides background on the camp ...