Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Private Tour from Krakow

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial museum was established in 1947 by the Polish Government on the site of the largest German Nazi concentration camp. The camp was originally set up in 1940 for prisoners from Poland, however from 1942 it became one of the biggest extermination camps for Europe's Jewish population.

This half-day tour begins and ends in Krakow, and you will visit the museum which is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a memorial to all who suffered and died there. You will visit the original camp, that served as the administrative center for the whole complex as well as Auschwitz II – Birkenau, which was designed strictly as a concentration camp.

FThere are many artifacts on display at the museum, such as personal possessions of the prisoners. The museum is also dedicated to researching the Holocaust, and is devoted to the memory of the individuals who perished there.

The best way is to leave luggage and bigger handbags in the coach. Persons who refuse to undergo the inspection or to leave the luggage in the storage area shall not be admitted on the Museum grounds.