Optional Tour: Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum

🕒 How long? 5 hours

💰 How much? € 80 per person  

A half day tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum offers a profound and somber experience, providing visitors with a deeper understanding of the Holocaust. The tour typically takes visitors to the Auschwitz site, which was the original camp, serving as the administrative center of the Nazi concentration camps. Personal artifacts such as shoes, suitcases, and hair are displayed as a stark reminder of the mass deportations and extermination.

Auschwitz II-Birkenau, located just a few kilometers away, was constructed as the main site of mass extermination. Birkenau is vast, with rows of barracks, destroyed gas chambers, and the railway tracks that brought millions of Jews and other victims to their deaths. Guides provide detailed historical context, recounting the conditions, the Nazi plans for genocide, and the scale of the atrocities committed.

The experience is deeply moving, as visitors walk along the paths once taken by countless prisoners. While harrowing, the tour offers a crucial reminder of the dangers of hatred and intolerance, encouraging reflection on human rights and the importance of memory. Auschwitz-Birkenau is not just a historical site, but a powerful symbol of remembrance and a call for humanity to never forget the lessons of the past.

Tour is conducted with pre-booking only.