Auschwitz

Summary

Auschwitz is a Nazi concentration camp^[1]. Auschwitz ranks in the top 1% of nazi_concentration_camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,850 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 video is recorded as So wurde das KZ Auschwitz gebaut (CC BY 4.0).webm^[7].
• Auschwitz's image is recorded as Birkenau múzeum - panoramio (cropped).jpg^[8].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as Nazi concentration camp^[9].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as museum^[10].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as extermination camp^[11].
• Auschwitz's instance of is recorded as architectural ensemble^[12].
• Oświęcim is named after Auschwitz^[13].
• Auschwitz's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122360451^[14].
• Auschwitz's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168340274^[15].
• Auschwitz's GND ID is recorded as 4003697-2^[16].
• Auschwitz's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96112360^[17].
• Auschwitz's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 161355471^[18].
• Auschwitz's IdRef ID is recorded as 027497194^[19].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Althammer concentration camp^[20].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Golleschau concentration camp^[21].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Bobrek^[22].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Eintrachthütte concentration camp^[23].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Gleiwitz I concentration camp^[24].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Neustadt O.S. concentration camp^[25].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Brünn concentration camp^[26].
• Auschwitz's child organization or unit is recorded as Gleiwitz II concentration camp^[27].

Body

Founding

+1940-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Auschwitz^[28].

Identity

Auschwitz's part of is recorded as 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^[20], a concentration camp^[31], in Poland^[32]; Golleschau concentration camp^[21], a concentration camp^[33], in Poland^[34]; Bobrek^[22], a concentration camp^[35], in Poland^[36]; Eintrachthütte concentration camp^[23], a concentration camp^[37], in Poland^[38]; Gleiwitz I concentration camp^[24], a concentration camp^[39], in Poland^[40]; and Neustadt O.S. concentration camp^[25], a concentration camp^[41], in Poland^[42].

Dissolution

Auschwitz was dissolved in +1945-01-27T00:00:00Z^[43].

Why It Matters

Auschwitz ranks in the top 1% of nazi_concentration_camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,850 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]