What the two sites tell
At Auschwitz I you find the brick buildings of the original camp and the Memorial’s exhibitions. At Birkenau, the largest of the sites you can visit, barracks, traces of the railway and the ruins of the extermination facilities have been preserved.
A visit with an educator helps place the two parts within the history of Nazi Germany’s system of persecution and extermination.
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Getting between the two parts
The sites are separate. The Memorial provides a shuttle between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. If you travel with a group, follow the meeting point given by your guide.
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