Brzezinka

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Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland best known as the site of the former Auschwitz II–Birkenau Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

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Brzezinka canonical 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf village ⓘ
administrativeStatus sołectwo within Gmina Oświęcim ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 3 km from Oświęcim ⓘ
approximately 50 km west of Kraków ⓘ
europeanRegion Central Europe ⓘ
germanName Birkenau ⓘ
governedBy Gmina Oświęcim authorities ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasHeritage site of former Auschwitz II–Birkenau concentration and extermination camp ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Polish ⓘ
hasSite Auschwitz II–Birkenau State Museum area ⓘ
historicallyOccupiedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
historicalPopulationChange affected by World War II events ⓘ
locatedIn southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Gmina Oświęcim ⓘ
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
Oświęcim County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Oświęcim ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Vistula basin region ⓘ
memorialFunction place of remembrance for Holocaust victims ⓘ
nameMeaning little birch grove ⓘ
nearCulturalRoute Holocaust remembrance routes ⓘ
nearTransportInfrastructure railway lines serving former Auschwitz complex ⓘ
notableFor location of largest Nazi German extermination camp ⓘ
occupationPeriod 1939–1945 ⓘ
partOf Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum surroundings ⓘ
Republic of Poland ⓘ
historical region of Galicia ⓘ
linked to: West Galicia
region Lesser Poland ⓘ
religionTraditionallyPracticed Roman Catholicism ⓘ
tourismType dark tourism ⓘ

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Gmina Oświęcim → contains → Brzezinka ⓘ