Brzezinka
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Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland best known as the site of the former Auschwitz II–Birkenau Nazi concentration and extermination camp.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | sołectwo within Gmina Oświęcim ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 3 km from Oświęcim
ⓘ
approximately 50 km west of Kraków ⓘ |
| europeanRegion | Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| germanName | Birkenau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Gmina Oświęcim authorities ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | site of former Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration and extermination camp ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| hasSite | Auschwitz II–Birkenau State Museum area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyOccupiedBy | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationChange | affected by World War II events ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Poland ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Gmina Oświęcim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesser Poland Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ Oświęcim County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Oświęcim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Vistula basin region ⓘ |
| memorialFunction | place of remembrance for Holocaust victims ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | little birch grove ⓘ |
| nearCulturalRoute | Holocaust remembrance routes ⓘ |
| nearTransportInfrastructure | railway lines serving former Auschwitz complex ⓘ |
| notableFor | location of largest Nazi German extermination camp ⓘ |
| occupationPeriod | 1939–1945 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum surroundings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ historical region of Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lesser Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionTraditionallyPracticed | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourismType | dark tourism ⓘ |
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