Auschwitz Birkenau (Judenrampe)

Visit Aushwitz Birkenau with a guidebook or professional guide. Witness the largest camp built on Polish soil by the Nazis that served as a concentration camp and an extermination camp. Get picked up in Krakow and travel to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. After arriving at the museum, collect an admission ticket with the help of your tour leader. Then start your self-guided tour with informative brochure in language chosen. Take advantage of the freedom of the tour at your own pace and path of your choice After visiting the first part - Auschwitz, continue to the second camp at Birkenau, where the mass killings took place. Benefit from the help of a tour assistant who will be at your disposal from pickup to drop off

Visit the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau on this 7 hours trip from Krakow. By June 1940, Jews and over 700 political criminals had been sent to Auschwitz and the atrocities had begun. Our tour begins in Krakow where we will pick you up from the central meeting point. On the way to Auschwitz, which takes around 75 minutes, we show an educational documentary about liberation of Auschwitz - Birkenau to give you some insight about the history of the camps. Upon arrival to Auschwitz our tour leader provides you with all the essentials, rules and procedures which takes place at the Museum and takes you to the Judenrampe. The Museum is divided into two parts: Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau. In Auschwitz I camp, where you will start your visit, the Nazis established the first camp for men and women, where the first experiments with killing using Zyklon B took place. It was here that they murdered the first mass transports of Jews, conducted the first criminal experiments on prisoners, and carried out most of the executions by shooting. Additionally, the central camp prison was located here in block 11 for prisoners from all parts of the camp complex, along with the main camp commandant's office and most of the SS offices. From here, the camp authorities directed the further expansion of the camp complex. After the first part you will have an opportunity to take a short break and next you will go to the second camp, Auschwitz II Birkenau. In the Birkenau camp, the Nazis built most of the facilities for mass extermination, where approximately one million Jews were murdered. Birkenau was simultaneously the largest concentration camp (with nearly 300 primitive, mostly wooden barracks), housing over 100,000 prisoners in 1944, including Jews, Poles, Roma, and others. Across nearly 200 hectares, ruins of gas chambers and sites filled with human ashes, primitive prisoner barracks, and kilometers of camp fencing and roads have been preserved. When the tour is done, after a short break we will take you safely back to Krakow.

Explore Auschwitz-Birkenau using a guidebook. Experience the largest camp constructed by the Nazis on Polish soil, which functioned both as a concentration camp and an extermination camp. You'll be picked up in Krakow and transported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. Upon arrival, your tour leader will assist you in obtaining an admission ticket. Then, embark on a self-guided tour, equipped with an informative brochure in your preferred language. Enjoy the flexibility to explore at your own pace and follow your chosen route through the site. After touring the first section, Auschwitz, proceed to the second camp at Birkenau, the site of the mass executions. A tour assistant will be available to support you throughout your visit to the museum.

Visit Aushwitz Birkenau with a guidebook. Witness the largest camp built on Polish soil by the Nazis that served as a concentration camp and an extermination camp. Get picked up in Krakow and travel to Auschwitz Museum. After arriving at the museum, collect an admission ticket with the help of your tour leader. Then start your self-guided tour with rented guidebook. Take advantage of the freedom of the tour at your own pace and path of your choice After visiting the museum, continue to the second camp at Birkenau, where the mass killings took place. Benefit from the help of a tour assistant who will be at your disposal from pickup to drop off

Take part in a 7-hour educational tour from Krakow to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, visiting the former Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Your experience begins in Krakow, with pickup from a central meeting point. During the 75-minute drive to the site, an informative documentary on the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau is shown to provide essential historical background. Upon arrival, your tour leader will provide information on museum rules, procedures, and distribute official entry tickets. After a short stop at the Judenrampe the visit begins at Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp established in 1940. This section of the camp housed both male and female prisoners and was the site of the first mass killings using Zyklon B. Notable locations include Block 11—the central prison of the camp complex—the camp commandant’s office, and several SS administrative buildings. Auschwitz I was also the site of numerous executions and inhumane medical experiments. Following a short break, the tour continues to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the largest of the Nazi extermination facilities. Constructed to carry out the Final Solution, Birkenau was where approximately one million Jews were murdered. The camp, spanning nearly 200 hectares, features the remains of gas chambers, crematoria, primitive prisoner barracks, and extensive camp infrastructure. In 1944, it held over 100,000 prisoners, including Jews, Poles, Roma, and other groups. At the conclusion of the visit, you will return to Krakow by shared transportation.

Experience the story of lesser-known places that belonged to the huge Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex on this unique guided tour. Visit the original places that make up the Auschwitz Zone. See the buildings with exhibitions about their history during the operation of the huge Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex. Visit the Judenrampe, where the prisoners first arrived, and a brutal selection between slave labor and death was made. See the Penal Company of Women, which delves into the history of the brutal repression they were subjected to. Learn about the massacre of the French Jewish women. Understand the key role that concentration camps played in the structure of the chemical industry during World War II by discovering the exhibition of KL Auschwitz III—Monowitz and chemical companies BAYER, BASF, and AGF. Learn the details of the forced labor that prisoners of KL Monowitz were subjected to. Visit the KL Auschwitz-Jawischowitz Subcamp and see the camp bath building, which is a remnant of KL Auschwitz-Jawischowitz. You will also see the mine the prisoners worked in - Jawiszowice mine.

Discover a lesser-known but deeply moving part of Auschwitz history on this alternative guided tour. The tour starts and ends in Krakow, with comfortable transportation provided to and from the memorial sites. This experience does not include a visit to Auschwitz I or Auschwitz II-Birkenau, but instead focuses on important surrounding sites connected to the history of the victims and the development of the camp complex. Visit the memorial to the final victims of Auschwitz and a mass grave of 700 prisoners shot during the camp evacuation in January 1945. Explore the area of the so-called “camp extension,” which housed new SS barracks, the last women’s camp, and the site of the final public execution. See the first crematorium and gas chamber, the former villa of the camp commandant, and the gravel pits—sites of punishment and execution for clergy and members of the Polish intelligentsia. The tour also includes stops at the pre-war theater later used to store Zyklon B, the Polish Ramp (first prisoner transport platform), and the Old Jewish Ramp, the main selection site for European Jews. Learn about the “Interest Zone” through maps and aerial photographs from 1944. In Birkenau, see the infamous Death Gate and the main SS barracks. The extermination zone includes Bunker 1 (Red House), Bunker 2 (White House), the remains of dressing rooms for victims, and a cemetery of Soviet POWs. View the Sauna building used for prisoner disinfection and belongings processing. The tour concludes at the memorial to victims of Auschwitz-Monowitz (Auschwitz III), offering a broader understanding of the camp system and the scale of the atrocities.