Torturing yard with a "wall of death" (Oświęcim)
Poland /
Malopolskie /
Oswiecim /
Oświęcim
World
/ Poland
/ Malopolskie
/ Oswiecim
place with historical importance, historic site
Between blocks 10 and 11 was a torture yard with a "wall of death", where prisoners were tortured and executed. The windows of neighboring blocks were boarded and bricked up so the other prisoners did not see the executions.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°1'30"N 19°12'13"E
- Former Auschwitz I Concentration Camp 0.4 km
- "Mexico" Section (Auschwitz II Camp) 3.2 km
- Lager I "Leonhard Haag" WWII Nazi Labor Camp 3.4 km
- Former Auschwitz II Birkenau Extermination Camp 3.5 km
- WWII Era IG Farben Barracks Complex 3.6 km
- Lager IIX "Karpfenteich" WWII Nazi Labor Camp 4 km
- Dwory S.A. Chemical Works (former I.G. Farben Buna Werke) 4 km
- Lager VII WWII Nazi Labor Camp 4.5 km
- Lager IV "Auschwitz III" / "Monowitz-Dorfrand" / "Buna" WWII German Nazi Labor Camp 6 km
- WWII Auschwitz Restricted Area (Interessengebiet KL Auschwitz) 7.9 km
- Extension Camp 0.6 km
- Oswiecim Central Station 1.3 km
- Females' Area (Auschwitz II) 2 km
- Men's Quarantine Unit (B lla) 2.2 km
- Jewish Block (B IIb) 2.3 km
- Females' Area (Auschwitz II) 2.3 km
- Transit Unit (B IIc) 2.4 km
- Male Block (B IId) 2.5 km
- Former Auschwitz II Birkenau Extermination Camp 2.5 km
- Gypsy Block (B IIe) 2.6 km