Prepare to step into an eerie historical era as you walk through the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at Auschwitz I and through the 22 brick barracks that once housed hundreds of thousands of Holocaust victims.
Discover the stark reality of the Holocaust by venturing into Block 11, a harrowing dungeon within the prison, where the torture chambers and the site of the first extermination attempts with Zyklon B gas are located. The next stop is Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a camp that covers an area 25 times larger than Auschwitz I and is a chilling testament to the scale of Nazi atrocities.
A curiosity: the Auschwitz I camp was originally built to house Polish political prisoners. Only later did it become a center for the extermination of Jews.