Monowice

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Monowice is a village in southern Poland that became historically significant as the site of the Nazi German Auschwitz III-Monowitz labor camp during World War II.

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Monowice canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf village
associatedWith Holocaust
Auschwitz III-Monowitz
surface form: IG Farben industrial complex

Nazi Germany
category Holocaust locations in Poland
Villages in Oświęcim County
country Poland
countryDuringWorldWarII German occupation of Poland
surface form: Nazi Germany-occupied Poland
distanceToKraków approximately 55 km west
distanceToOświęcim approximately 4 km east
hasNameInGerman Monowitz-Buna
surface form: Monowitz
historicalEvent German occupation of Poland
surface form: Nazi German occupation of Poland
historicallySignificantFor Auschwitz III-Monowitz
surface form: Auschwitz III-Monowitz concentration camp
historicalPeriod World War II
locatedIn southern Poland
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gmina Oświęcim
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Oświęcim County
locatedNear Oświęcim
locatedOnRiver Soła River
partOf AuschwitzBirkenau
surface form: Auschwitz complex

Gmina Oświęcim
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Oświęcim County
partOfMemorialCulture Auschwitz remembrance
region Lesser Poland
siteOf Auschwitz III-Monowitz
surface form: Auschwitz III-Monowitz concentration camp

Monowitz labor camp
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
usedFor forced labor

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Buna near Monowice