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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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