Auschwitz I (Stammlager)

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Auschwitz I (Stammlager) was the original main camp of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex established by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
main camp
associatedWithEvent Holocaust in occupied Poland
linked to: Holocaust in Poland
category Nazi concentration camps in Poland
World War II crimes of Nazi Germany
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
currentUse memorial site
museum
dateOfLiberation 27 January 1945
distanceTo about 3 kilometers from Auschwitz II-Birkenau
establishedBy Nazi Germany
GermanName Auschwitz I
Stammlager Auschwitz
governingBody Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
hasPart Block 10
Block 11
camp gate with “Arbeit macht frei” inscription
crematorium
execution wall
gas chamber
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inception 1940
languageOfName German
laterFunction central administrative camp of Auschwitz complex
liberatedBy Red Army
locatedIn Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Oświęcim
Poland
occupied Poland
locatedOn site of former Polish army barracks
notableFor role in the Holocaust
systematic mass murder
“Arbeit macht frei” gate inscription
operatedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände
Schutzstaffel (SS)
originalFunction camp for Polish political prisoners
partOf Auschwitz concentration camp complex
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau complex
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
PolishName Auschwitz I – obóz macierzysty
prisonerPopulation Jews
Poles
Roma
Soviet prisoners of war
other persecuted groups
usedFor extermination of prisoners
forced labor
imprisonment of political prisoners
medical experiments on prisoners

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Rudolf Höss commanded Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
World Heritage Sites in Poland hasPart Auschwitz I main camp
linked to: Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
Monowitz-Buna relatedTo Auschwitz I
linked to: Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
Auschwitz I (Stammlager) GermanName Auschwitz I
linked to: Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
Auschwitz I (Stammlager) GermanName Stammlager Auschwitz
linked to: Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
Auschwitz I (Stammlager) PolishName Auschwitz I – obóz macierzysty
linked to: Auschwitz I (Stammlager)