Auschwitz Birkenau - The largest nazi concentration camp formed during world war II
Distance: 150km of Krakow
The Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial Museum was established in 1947 by the Polish Government on the site on the largest Nazi concentration camp, which was set up 1940 for prisoners from Poland. From 1942 it became one of the biggest extermination camps for the European Jews. There is the exhibition entitled "Man Did This To Man" in the huts once used to house inmates. In recognition's of its historical significance as a memorial to all who suffered and died there, the Museum was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List
 
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