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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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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