Auschwitz concentration camp (Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labour camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben, and dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis’ ‘Final Solution’ to ‘the Jewish question’.

Below is a selection of photos taken during a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on December 26 2022. Click on a small photo for a larger view, then select the next one with the cursor keys or the arrows on either side of the photo.