Auschwitz

Summary

Auschwitz is a Nazi concentration camp^[1]. Auschwitz ranks in the top 1% of nazi_concentration_camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,087 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Auschwitz is located in Oświęcim County^[3].
• Auschwitz is located in Bielitz^[4].
• Auschwitz is in the country of Nazi Germany^[5].
• Auschwitz is in the country of Poland^[6].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as Nazi concentration camp^[7].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as museum^[8].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as extermination camp^[9].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as architectural ensemble^[10].
• Oświęcim is named after Auschwitz^[11].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Althammer concentration camp^[12].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Golleschau concentration camp^[13].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Bobrek^[14].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Eintrachthütte concentration camp^[15].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Gleiwitz I concentration camp^[16].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Neustadt O.S. concentration camp^[17].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Brünn concentration camp^[18].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Gleiwitz II concentration camp^[19].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Janinagrube concentration camp^[20].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Trzebinia concentration camp^[21].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Bismarckhütte concentration camp^[22].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Kobier concentration camp^[23].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Tschechowitz concentration camp^[24].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Lichtewerden concentration camp^[25].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Laurahütte^[26].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Chelmek-Paprotnik concentration camp^[27].

Body

Founding

May 20, 1940 marks the founding of Auschwitz^[28].

Identity

Auschwitz is part of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum^[29].

Operations

Auschwitz's parent organization or unit is recorded as SS Main Economic and Administrative Office^[30]. Subsidiaries include Althammer concentration camp^[12], a concentration camp^[31], in Poland^[32]; Golleschau concentration camp^[13], a concentration camp^[33], in Poland^[34]; Bobrek^[14], a concentration camp^[35], in Poland^[36]; Eintrachthütte concentration camp^[15], a concentration camp^[37], in Poland^[38]; Gleiwitz I concentration camp^[16], a concentration camp^[39], in Poland^[40]; and Neustadt O.S. concentration camp^[17], a concentration camp^[41], in Poland^[42].

Dissolution

Auschwitz was dissolved in January 27, 1945^[43].

Why It Matters

Auschwitz ranks in the top 1% of nazi_concentration_camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,087 views/month).^[2] Auschwitz has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Auschwitz is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]