AuschwitzBirkenau

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Holocaust site Nazi concentration and extermination camp World War II site

Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest and most infamous Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, where over a million Jews and other victims were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.

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Label Occurrences
Auschwitz concentration camp 96
Auschwitz 13
Auschwitz II-Birkenau 9

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust site ⓘ
Nazi concentration and extermination camp ⓘ
World War II site ⓘ
BirkenauBeganOperation 1942 ⓘ
BirkenauConstructionStarted 1941 ⓘ
commemorationDate InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay ⓘ
surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
constructionStarted 1940 ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfOperation Nazi Germany-occupied Poland ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfSurvivorsAtLiberation about 7,000 ⓘ
hasFacility barbed wire fences ⓘ
barracks ⓘ
crematoria ⓘ
gas chambers ⓘ
railway ramp ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
hasLanguageVariantName AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau

AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Polish: Oświęcim-Brzezinka
hasPart AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz I

AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Auschwitz III-Monowitz ⓘ
Auschwitz III-Monowitz ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz subcamps
hasSelectionProcess arrival platform selections ⓘ
hasTypeOfExperiment medical experiments on prisoners ⓘ
sterilization experiments ⓘ
twin experiments ⓘ
InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDayDate 27 January ⓘ
legalAftermath Auschwitz trials in Poland ⓘ
mentioned in Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
liberatedBy Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
liberatedOn 27 January 1945 ⓘ
locatedIn Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oświęcim

Poland ⓘ
memorialStatus AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
museumEstablished 1947 ⓘ
namedAfter nearby village of Brzezinka (Birkenau) ⓘ
notableEvent death marches during camp evacuation in January 1945 ⓘ
notablePerpetrator Josef Mengele ⓘ
Rudolf Höss ⓘ
SS-Totenkopfverbände personnel ⓘ
notableSurvivor Anne Frank (died after transfer from Auschwitz) ⓘ
Elie Wiesel ⓘ
Primo Levi ⓘ
Viktor Frankl ⓘ
numberOfJewishVictimsEstimate approximately 1,000,000 ⓘ
numberOfPolishVictimsEstimate at least 70,000–75,000 ⓘ
numberOfRomaVictimsEstimate approximately 21,000 ⓘ
numberOfSovietPOWsVictimsEstimate at least 15,000 ⓘ
numberOfVictimsEstimate over 1,100,000 ⓘ
opened 1940 ⓘ
operatedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
partOf Holocaust ⓘ
surface form: Final Solution

AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nazi concentration camp system
primaryFunction extermination of Jews ⓘ
railConnection connected to major European ghettos and cities ⓘ
secondaryFunction concentration of prisoners ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
symbolOf Holocaust ⓘ
Nazi genocide ⓘ
industrialized mass murder ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 31 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
usedMethodOfKilling Zyklon B ⓘ
forced labor to death ⓘ
gas chambers ⓘ
shootings ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
victimGroups JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ
surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses

Jews ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Sinti ⓘ
surface form: Roma and Sinti

Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
homosexuals ⓘ
other persecuted groups ⓘ
political prisoners ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holocaust → location → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: NaziConcentrationCamps
Holocaust → location → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: NaziExterminationCamps
Holocaust → notableCamp → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
AuschwitzBirkenau → locatedIn → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: Oświęcim
AuschwitzBirkenau → partOf → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: Nazi concentration camp system
AuschwitzBirkenau → hasPart → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: Auschwitz I
AuschwitzBirkenau → hasPart → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
AuschwitzBirkenau → memorialStatus → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
AuschwitzBirkenau → hasLanguageVariantName → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau
AuschwitzBirkenau → hasLanguageVariantName → AuschwitzBirkenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
this entity surface form: Polish: Oświęcim-Brzezinka
Nazi Germany → notableCamp → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz
Sinti → notableHistoricalEvent → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: deportations to Auschwitz-Birkenau
InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay → liberationCommemorated → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
subject surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay → liberationCommemorated → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
subject surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp
LiberationOfAuschwitz → tookPlaceAt → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
LiberationOfAuschwitz → tookPlaceAt → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
LiberationOfAuschwitz → tookPlaceAt → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oświęcim
LiberationOfAuschwitz → hasMemorialSite → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Lesser Poland Voivodeship → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp
Lesser Poland Voivodeship → containsWorldWarIIHeritageSite → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Lesser Poland Voivodeship → containsWorldWarIIHeritageSite → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birkenau extermination camp
Zyklon B → usedIn → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Primo Levi → placeOfDetention → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Elie Wiesel → imprisonedIn → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Viktor Frankl → survived → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Porajmos → notableSite → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Porajmos → notableSite → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz "Gypsy family camp" (BIIe)
Levi → wroteAbout → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
subject surface form: Primo Levi
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
If This Is a Man → mainSubject → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
If This Is a Man → setting → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
The Periodic Table → setting → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Final Solution → exterminationCamp → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Soviet 60th Army → liberated → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz I main camp
Soviet 60th Army → liberated → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
Auschwitz III-Monowitz → partOf → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp complex
Auschwitz III-Monowitz → subcampOf → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz I
Auschwitz III-Monowitz → subcampOf → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
German occupation of Poland → usedFacility → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Lesser Poland → contains → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Auschwitz death marches → location → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz death marches → location → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Rudolf Höss → placeOfDeath → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz
Rudolf Höss → placeOfExecution → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Rudolf Höss → commanded → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz II-Birkenau
Josef Mengele → employer → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Josef Mengele → workLocation → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Kraków Ghetto → deportationDestination → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Night → mainSubject → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp
Night → settingLocation → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz
Oświęcim → germanName → AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Auschwitz