Block 11

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Block 11 was the notorious punishment and torture block at the Auschwitz I concentration camp, used for brutal interrogations, executions, and solitary confinement of prisoners.

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Block 11 canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf prison block ⓘ
punishment block ⓘ
torture facility ⓘ
adjacentTo Block 10 ⓘ
Block 9 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Holocaust ⓘ
Nazi crimes against humanity ⓘ
controlledBy SS-Totenkopfverbände ⓘ
country Nazi Germany (occupied Poland) ⓘ
hasFacility basement cells ⓘ
dark cells ⓘ
guard rooms ⓘ
interrogation rooms ⓘ
prisoner cells ⓘ
standing cells ⓘ
hasFunction enforcement of camp discipline ⓘ
intimidation of camp prisoners ⓘ
suppression of resistance ⓘ
hasType camp prison ⓘ
heritage part of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum ⓘ
historicalPeriod Nazi era ⓘ
linked to: Third Reich
locatedIn Auschwitz I ⓘ
locatedInPresentCountry Poland ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
locatedInTown Oświęcim ⓘ
locatedNextTo Auschwitz I courtyard of executions ⓘ
memorialStatus preserved as a memorial site ⓘ
notableFor extreme brutality ⓘ
inhumane detention conditions ⓘ
summary executions ⓘ
systematic torture ⓘ
operator SS ⓘ
partOf Auschwitz I main camp prison system ⓘ
Auschwitz concentration camp complex ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedBy Gestapo ⓘ
camp political department ⓘ
usedFor detention of political prisoners ⓘ
detention of resistance members ⓘ
detention of suspected escapees ⓘ
execution of prisoners ⓘ
interrogation of prisoners ⓘ
punishment of prisoners ⓘ
solitary confinement ⓘ
torture of prisoners ⓘ
victimGroup Jews ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
other persecuted groups ⓘ

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