Birkenau may mean the following. Germany Birkenau Odenwald , a municipality in the Odenwald located in the South of Hesse in Germany Poland German name for the Polish village Brzezinka Auschwitz Birkenau , a German concentration camp during World War II located near Brzezinka See also Brzezinka disambiguation geodis Category German toponyms Category German exonyms de Birkenau es Birkenau id Birkenau it Birkenau nl Birkenau ja no Birkenau pl Auschwitz Birkenau Auschwitz II Birkenau ... more details
Infobox German location Name Birkenau image photo Birkenau rathaus.jpg image caption Town hall Wappen Wappen Birkenau Odenwald .png lat deg 49 lat min 33 lat sec 45 lon deg 8 lon min 42 lon sec 25 Lageplan Birkenau in HP.svg Bundesland Hessen Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt Landkreis Bergstra e H he 120 Fl che ... 06 4 31 004 LOCODE DE BIA Gliederung 8 parts Adresse Hauptstra e 119 br 69488 Birkenau Website http www.birkenau.de www.birkenau.de B rgermeister Ingrid Berbner Partei Birkenau in the Odenwald ..., green and dotted with horse farms and forests. Neighbouring communities Birkenau borders in the north ... Neckar Kreis in Baden W rttemberg . Constituent communities Birkenau s Ortsteil e are Birkenau, Buchklingen ... to its location near the Bergstra e, a mild climate prevails in Birkenau, which can often be seen in what for Germany is a very early blossoming of almond trees. History Image Birkenau schloss.JPG thumb 200px Schloss BirkenauBirkenau had its first documentary mention in 795 in the Lorsch Codex as a cell ... denominations. In 1532 the town hall was built, and in 1771 the palace, Schloss Birkenau, of the Lords ..., Birkenau celebrated its 1,200 year jubilee. Politics Image Birkenau rathaus.jpg thumb 200px ... right 2 FWV Freie W hlervereinigung Birkenau align right 21.0 align right 8 align right 13.6 align right ... to bear these arms. Economy and infrastructure Tourism In the Birkenau constituent community of Schnorrenbach ... Birkenau lies in the area served by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein Neckar , a transport authority serving the Rhine Neckar Area . Birkenau railway station is on the Weschnitztalbahn railway Weinheim F rth ... times. Until 1999, Bundesstra e 38 ran through Birkenau. With the opening of the Saukopftunnel , this road ... 3408. Public institutions Freibad Birkenau outdoor swimming pool Hallenbad Langenberg indoor ... wand Schloss Birkenau, a Baroque architecture Baroque palatial residence with the palace park of the Baron ... Birkenau, a primary school Nature Around Birkenau are several nature conservation areas ... more details
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Summary An image of the English language memorial in Birkenau camp, taken in July 2006 at the Nazi concentration camp in O wi cim. The text reads For ever let this place be a cry of despair and a warning to humanity, where the Nazis murdered about one and a half million men, women, and children, mainly Jews from various countries of Europe. Auschwitz Birkenau 1940 1945 While a copy of the image can, of course, be uploaded to Commons at any time, please do not delete the locally held image from the English Wikipedia. Keep local Licensing cc by 2.5 Category Auschwitz concentration camp ... more details
Infobox Museum name Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum native name native name lang Polish image Entrance Auschwitz I.jpg imagesize 250 caption Entrance to Auschwitz Auschwitz I , May 2006 alt map type map caption map alt latitude longitude established April 1946, confirmed by an act of the Polish parliament on July 2, 1947 ref http en.auschwitz.org.pl m index.php?option com content&task view&id 226&Itemid 13 Museum timeline , Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum, accessed December 21, 2009. ref dissolved ... curator publictransit network website http en.auschwitz.org.pl m The Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum Polish language Polish Pa stwowe Muzeum Auschwitz Birkenau is a memorial and museum in O wi cim ... II Birkenau. It is devoted to the memory of the murders in both camps during World War II . The museum ... are Auschwitz I , Auschwitz II Auschwitz concentration camp Birkenau , the train ramp between Auschwitz and Birkenau, which was used as a debarkation stop between 1942 1944. The three kilometres between Auschwitz and Birkenau are within walking distance. The museum is situated in several ... 23,300 . History File Birkenau Walk of Death.jpg left thumb Gate in Auschwitz Birkenau leading to crematorium ... in 1979 when Pope John Paul II held a mass in Birkenau and called the camp a Golgotha of our times . In 1962 a prevention zone around the museum in Birkenau and in 1977 one around the museum in Auschwitz ... disputes see Auschwitz cross File Auschwitz snow near block 11 .jpg left thumb Photo of Auschwitz Birkenau ... name for the site was Auschwitz Birkenau, with the subtitle German Nazi Concentration and Extermination ... Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum World Cultural Heritage http whc.unesco.org en list 31 UNESCO description ... Buildings and structures in Lesser Poland Voivodeship de Staatliches Museum Auschwitz Birkenau el es Museo estatal Auschwitz Birkenau fr Mus e national Auschwitz Birkenau nl Staatsmuseum Auschwitz Birkenau pl Pa stwowe Muzeum Auschwitz Birkenau w O wi cimiu ru ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Infobox Non profit Non profit name Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation Non profit ... and protection of Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial Site method fundraising and managing funds for conservation ... 55 Official website of the Foundation Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation created in 2009 by Wladyslaw Bartoszewski ... preservation program of the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial Site. Aim and objectives of the Foundation ... of the former concentration camp KL Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau concentration camp supervised by the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum in O wi cim ... , as well as to support the Museum s mission ... title Niemieckie rodki dla biura Fundacji Auschwitz Birkenau publisher www.warschau.diplo.de ... s Authorities Four separate bodies of the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation the Council, the International ... of the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation. The Foundation s Council sit W adys aw Bartoszewski Council s Chairman ... Consultative Council creating the new main exhibition at the Auschwitz Birkenau ... Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum Birkenau. Edward Kosakowski Chairman of the Chair of the Conservation and Restoration of Wall ... Birkenau State Museum. Pawe Machcewicz historian, professor at the Miko aj Kopernik University in Toru ... current President of the Management Board and also Director of the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum ... Birkenau State Museum responsible for the preservation of the site, collections and archives former ... at the Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum. ukasz Rozdeiczer lawyer, graduate of Harvard, Cambridge ... General of the Foundation responsible for fundraising for the statutory activity of the Auschwitz Birkenau ... the financial work of the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation selectively choose the appropriate banking ... Auschwitz Birkenau International Auschwitz Council External links http pl.auschwitz.org.pl m index.php ... based in Poland pl Fundacja Auschwitz Birkenau ... more details
Rk Summary Non free image data Description Selection of Jews at the ramp in Auschwitz II Birkenau , May June 1944. Source http www1.yadvashem.org exhibitions album auschwitz images the pages 34 36a.jpg Image FA 268 35 from Yad Vashem s http www1.yadvashem.org exhibitions album auschwitz 34 36.html Auschwitz Album . Portion Entire image Low resolution yes other information Yad Vashem writes The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process of mass murder at Auschwitz Birkenau. It is a unique document and was donated to Yad Vashem by Lilly Jacob Zelmanovic Meier. The photos were taken at the end of May or beginning of June 1944, either by Ernst Hofmann or by Bernhard Walter, two SS men whose task was to take ID photos and fingerprints of the inmates not of the Jews who were sent directly to the gas chambers . The photos show the arrival of Hungarian Jews from Carpatho Ruthenia. Many of them came from the Berehov Ghetto, which itself was a collecting point for Jews from several other small towns. The purpose of the album is unclear. It was not intended for propaganda purposes, nor does it have any obvious personal use. One assumes that it was prepared as an official reference for a higher authority, as were photo albums from other concentration camps. Lilly never hid the album and news of its existence was published many times. She was even called to present ... 004, KZ Auschwitz Birkenau, alte Frau und Kinder.jpg this , there are no known free images showing ... this and File Bundesarchiv Bild 183 74237 004, KZ Auschwitz Birkenau, alte Frau und Kinder.jpg this , there are no known ... Bild 183 74237 004, KZ Auschwitz Birkenau, alte Frau und Kinder.jpg this , there are no known ... Bild 183 74237 004, KZ Auschwitz Birkenau, alte Frau und Kinder.jpg this , there are no known ... Bild 183 74237 004, KZ Auschwitz Birkenau, alte Frau und Kinder.jpg this , there are no known ... concentration camp ta Selection Birkenau ramp.jpg ... more details
Summary MRH participants lighting memorial candles inside barrack in Auschwitz Birkenau Photo Credit MRH Participant Licensing cc by 3.0 ... more details
Summary MRH participant reads a passage from the New Testament in Auschwitz Birkenau during the MRH program Photo Yossi Zeliger Licensing cc by 3.0 ... more details
Summary The Nazi concentration camp at Birkenau . While a copy of the image can, of course, be uploaded to Commons at any time, please do not delete the locally held image from the English Wikipedia. Licensing cc by 2.5 ... more details
Summary Rose placed amid the barbed wire by MRH particpant in Auschwitz Birkenau. Photo Credit MRH Participant Licensing cc by 3.0 Category Images of Auschwitz concentration camp ... more details
Summary Jewish Holocaust Survivor Sally Wasserman and Nouman Ashraf, a Muslim who is the anti racism and cultural diversity officer at the University of Toronto, conversing in Auschwitz Birkenau during the MRH program Photo Yossi Zeliger Licensing cc by 3.0 ... more details
Franciszek Piper born 1941 is a Polish scholar, historian and author. Most of his work concerns the Jewish Holocaust , especially the history of the concentration camps at Auschwitz . Dr. Piper is credited as one of the historians who helped establish a more accurate number of victims of Auschwitz Birkenau death camps. According to his research, at least 1.1 million people perished at Auschwitz Birkenau, of whom about 1 million were Jewish. He is the author of several books and chair of the Historical Department at the Auschwitz State Museum. External links http www.nizkor.org ftp.cgi people p piper.franciszek press daily.texan.1093 Piper on David Cole http www.auschwitz.org.pl Auschwitz Birkenau Museum Official Website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Piper, Franciszek ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1941 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Piper, Franciszek Category 1941 births Category Living people Category Historians of the Holocaust Category Polish historians Holocaust stub Poland historian stub cs Franciszek Piper de Franciszek Piper nl Franciszek Piper pl Franciszek Piper uk ... more details
Brzezinka German Birkenau is a village in southern Poland, site of the Auschwitz Birkenau Nazi death camp. Brzezinka may also refer to the following places Brzezinka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship south west Poland Brzezinka, Byt w County in Pomeranian Voivodeship north Poland Brzezinka, Krak w County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship south Poland Brzezinka, Gmina Andrych w in Lesser Poland Voivodeship south Poland Brzezinka, Gmina Brze nica in Lesser Poland Voivodeship south Poland Brzezinka, Gmina Karczew in Masovian Voivodeship east central Poland Brzezinka, Gmina Sobienie Jeziory in Masovian Voivodeship east central Poland Brzezinka, Greater Poland Voivodeship west central Poland Brzezinka, Lubusz Voivodeship west Poland Brzezinka, Krosno Odrza skie County in Lubusz Voivodeship west Poland Brzezinka, Opole Voivodeship south west Poland Brzezinka, S upsk County in Pomeranian Voivodeship north Poland Brzezinka, West Pomeranian Voivodeship north west Poland Brzezinka redzka geodis DEFAULTSORT Brzezinka Category Polish toponyms de Brzezinka nl Brzezinka pl Brzezinka ... more details
Jan Sehn April 22, 1909 December 12, 1965 , was a Poland Polish lawyer , 1945 47 investigation judge , and professor at Jagiellonian University since 1961. He was member of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes , and Chairman of the Krak w District Commission until 1953. In 1945 46 he led the investigations on the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz Birkenau . As an investigation judge he prepared the accusation act of the former camp commandant Rudolf H . From 1949 director of the Institute of Forensic Research in Krak w . Sehn died suddenly 1965 in Frankfurt . In 1966 Institute of Forensic Research in Krak w was named after Jan Sehn. He was the cousin of Wanda Szczerba 1910 1998 , who was married to engineer and technical director of Fablok Klemens Stefan Sielecki 1903 1980 . Selected publications Wspomnienia Rudolfa Hoessa komendanta obozu o wi cimskiego , ed. Jan Sehn, Warsaw, 1960. Konzentrationslager Oswiecim Brzezinka Auschwitz Birkenau , Warsaw, 1957. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sehn, Jan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1909 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1965 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sehn, Jan Category Polish lawyers Category 1909 births Category 1965 deaths Category Jagiellonian University faculty Poland bio stub lawyer stub pl Jan Sehn ... more details
rlh class wikitable float right BS header Weschnitz Valley Railway br Weschnitztalbahn BS daten DE KBS 654 STRECKENNR 4104 L NGE convert 16.5 km mi 1 abbr on SPURWEITE RailGauge 1435 STROMG STROMW STROMD ZAHNSTANGE NEIGUNGA NEIGUNG RADIUS V MAX BILDPFAD KARTE Karte weschnitztalbahn in deutschland.png PIXEL KARTE BS table BS BHF 0 Weinheim station Weinheim BS ABZlf Branch off to the Main Neckar Railway BS WBR CKE Weschnitz BS BUE Bundesstra e 3 B 3 BS TUNNEL1 1,6 Tunnel 1 Weinheim Tal 132 m BS eHST 1,7 Weinheim Tal BS WBR CKE 1,8 Weschnitz and Birkenau Valley Road Length 104.11 m BS eABZrf 1,9 Hildebrand sche M hle Steinbruch abgebrochen BS BR CKE 2,0 Weschnitz und Birkenau Valley Road Length 52.2 m BS TUNNEL2 2,2 Tunnel 2 Weinheim Tal 136 m BS TUNNEL2 2,4 Tunnel 3 Weinheim Tal 85 m BS SBR CKE 2,6 Forstweg BS BUE old B 38 BS WBR CKE Weschnitz BS BHF 3,3 Birkenau Odenwald Birkenau BS HST 6,7 Reisen Hessen Reisen Hess BS BUE Bundesstra e 38 B 38 BS HST 9,1 M rlenbach Keilbahnhof BS eABZrf to the berwald Railway Points lifted BS HST 11,3 Zotzenbach BS WBR CKE Weschnitz BS HST 13,4 Rimbach Odenwald Rimbach BS BUE Bundesstra e 38 B 38 BS HST 14,9 L rzenbach Fahrenbach Odenwald Fahrenbach BS WBR CKE Weschnitz BS BHF 16,4 F rth Odenwald F rth Odenw BS xENDEe 16,6 current end of the line buffer stop BS exENDEe 16,8 original end of the line The Weschnitz Valley Railway German Weschnitztalbahn is a railway line in Germany that runs from Weinheim an der Bergstra e the in the valley of the River Weschnitz to F rth Odenwald F rth im Odenwald . External links http www.efweinheim.de Weinheim Railway Society http weschnitztalbahn.de.vu History of the Weschnitztalbahn and information about the work of IG Pro Schiene Weschnitztal and berwaldbahn http www.eisenbahn tunnelportale.de lb inhalt tunnelportale 4104.html Tunnel portals on the Weschnitz Valley Railway http www.grimmbahnfotos.de gallery2 main.php?g2 itemId 59 Photographs of the berwald and Weschnitz Valley Railways Category ... more details
H cker also transliterated Hoecker in other languages is a German surname. People and things named H cker include People Hanskurt H cker , German Wehrmacht military officer Karl Friedrich H cker , German SS military officer Karl Heinz H cker , German theoretical nuclear physicist. Wilhelm H cker , German politician Four notable German writers Oskar H cker 1840 1894 Gustav H cker 1832 1911 Oskar s brother Paul Oskar H cker 1865 1944 Oskar s son Karla H cker 1901 1992 Paul Oskar s daughter Other H cker Album , an album of photographs collected by SS officer Karl Friedrich H cker at Auschwitz Birkenau See also Hocker disambiguation disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 Liana Millu b. Pisa , December 21 1914 February 6 2005 was a Jewish Italian journalist, resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor, best known for her autobiography Smoke over Birkenau . Bio Millu was raised by her grandparents, and has spent most of her life in Genoa. She worked as a journalist for il Telegrafo and schoolteacher and joined the Italian partisans in 1943. She was arrested in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz Birkenau. After the war she returned to Italy became a book author. Her work is included in the Italian anthology, Twentieth Century Ligurian Writers. Works Smoke over Birkenau translated by novelist Lynne Sharon Schwartz, who won the 1991 PEN Renato Poggioli translation award 1994 ISBN 0 8101 1569 7 The Bridges of Schwerin novel , winner of the 1978 Viareggio Prize Josephia s Shirt collection of stories From Liguria to the Extermination Camps non fiction See also Primo Levi Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Millu, Liana ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1914 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2005 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Millu, Liana Category Italian Jews Category Italian memoirists Category Italian novelists Category Italian resistance members Category Jewish writers Category Nazi concentration camp survivors Category 1914 births Category 2005 deaths de Liana Millu it Liana Millu ... more details
Peter Voss sometimes misspelled as Foss , ref name bezwinska cite book last Bezwi ska first Jadwiga title Amidst A Nightmare of Crime year 1973 publisher Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum pages 51 52 coauthors Czech, Danuta ref Vost or Vast , ref name memorial cite book last Memorial de La Shoah title Des voix sous la cendre manuscrits des Sonderkommandos d Auschwitz Birkenau year 2006 publisher Hachette publisher Librairie g n rale fran aise isbn 9782253115250 pages 185 ref born December 18, 1897, in Flensburg , Germany , date of death unknown was an Schutzstaffel SS Oberscharf hrer , known for his role as a commander of the crematoria and gas chambers at Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz Birkenau , ref name debski cite book last D bski first Jerzy title Death Books from Auschwitz Remnants year 1995 publisher K. G. Saur Verlag . Original from the University of Michigan Press isbn 9783598112621 pages 277 coauthors Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum ref buildings which were used to gas and burn some 900,000 of the 1.1 million people that perished at Auschwitz in Poland . ref name bbc cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk history worldwars genocide holocaust overview 05.shtml title A View of the Holocaust Industrial killing Auschwitz Birkenau last Paulsson first Steve date January 1, 2003 publisher BBC accessdate 2011 07 07 ref Life During the spring and early summer of 1943, the four crematoria at Auschwitz Birkenau became operational. ref name anatomy165 cite book title Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp publisher Indiana University Press isbn 9780253326843 author Piper, Franciszek chapter Gas Chambers and Crematoria page 165 ref It was this time that Voss became their commander, thus becoming the first of three people who would be in charge of all four Birkenau crematoria during the history of the camp. Subsequent commanders were SS Oberscharf hrer Eric Muhsfeldt and SS Hauptscharf hrer Otto Moll . Voss is frequently mentioned in the memoirs of Sonderkommando member Fil ... more details
Infobox River river name So a image name Sola 2.jpg caption So a near Wieprz, Silesian Voivodeship Wieprz origin Rajcza br coord 49 30 25 N 19 06 27 E mouth Broszkowice north of O wi cim br coord 50 3 12 N 19 14 47 E display inline basin countries Poland length convert 88.9 km mi abbr on elevation convert 776 m ft abbr on discharge convert 18.8 m3 cuft abbr on watershed convert 1375 km2 sqmi abbr on The So a is a river in southern Poland , a right tributary of the Vistula . So a originates in the Western Beskids mountain range near the border with Slovakia . It is made up of the confluence of several small creeks at the village of Rajcza . It runs downhill northeastwards to the towns of ywiec and K ty , forming the border between the Silesian Beskids Silesian and the ywiec Beskids . After convert 89 km mi abbr on the So a empties into to the Vistula River after having passed the town of O wi cim . ref http www.rajcza.com.pl s.php?ogolne Oficjalny serwis gminy Rajcza rajcza.com pl icon ref The river flows within metres of the Auschwitz concentration camp . The Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum informs that the human ashes and ground bones of those murdered there were sometimes dumped into the river. ref name auschwitz Dr. Franciszek Piper, http en.auschwitz.org.pl h index.php?option com content&task view&id 29&Itemid 32&limit 1&limitstart 4 The extermination procedure in the gas chambers , Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum Pa stwowe Muzeum Auschwitz Birkenau w O wi cimiu , 1999 2010 ref So a flows through or near the following settlements Rajcza , Mil wka , Cisiec , W gierska G rka , Ci cina , Radziechowy , Wieprz , ywiec , Tresna , Czernich w , Mi dzybrodzie ywieckie , Mi dzybrodzie Bialskie , Por bka , Czaniec , Kobiernice , K ty , Nowa Wie , Hecznarowice , Bielany , ki , and O wi cim . Notes and references Reflist coord 50.0533 N 19.2464 E source kolossus plwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Sola Category Rivers of Poland Category Silesian Voivodeship Category Less ... more details
no footnotes date November 2010 Margot Dreschel May 17, 1908, Neugersdorf &ndash June 1945? was a prison guard at Nazi concentration camps . Before her enlistment as an SS auxiliary, she worked at an office in Berlin . On January 31, 1941, Margot Dreschel arrived at Ravensbr ck to begin guard training. At first she was an Aufseherin , a low ranking female guard, at Ravensbr ck concentration camp Ravensbr ck a concentration camp primarily for internment of women . She trained under Oberaufseherin Senior Overseer Johanna Langefeld in 1941, and quickly became a Rapportf hrerin Report Overseer , a higher ranked guard. On April 27, 1942, Dreschel was selected for transport to the newly opened Auschwitz Birkenau I camp in Poland . Dreschel began her duties at Birkenau in August 1942 when the women s camp was established, when all the women were transferred from Auschwitz to Birkenau. She was very devoted to her work there and served under Maria Mandel . Dreschel was also head of all camp offices in Auschwitz. Dreschel s appearance was reportedly repellent, as one female Auschwitz prisoner recounted And Camp Leader Dreschel was there, her buck teeth sticking out, even when her mouth is closed. Inmates described her as vulgar, thin and ugly. After the war, many survivors testified of her brutal treatment. She carried out indoor selections wearing a white coat and white gloves, disguised as a doctor. She regularly moved between the Auschwitz I camp and Auschwitz II Birkenau , and involved herself in selections of women and children to be sent to the gas chamber s. On November 1, 1944, she went to Flossenb rg concentration camp as a Rapportf hrerin. In January 1945, she was moved back to the Ravensbruck subcamp at Neustadt Glewe , and fled from there in April 1945 as Nazism Nazi Germany fell. In May 1945, several former Auschwitz prisoners recognized her on a road from Pirna to Bautzen , and took her to the Russian Military Police. The Soviets condemned her to death and execu ... more details
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