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12 Best Auschwitz Tours

In April of 1940, Auschwitz was established as an extermination camp for Jews shipped in from all over Europe.

Arguably one of the most historically significant and poignant attractions in the world, for most visitors, it ends up being one of the most shocking and memorable experiences of their lives.

A variety of tours are offered, and most originate from the nearby city of Krakow.

The facility includes hundreds of buildings, watchtowers, and gas chambers, and fascinating first-hand accounts of soldiers and prisoners who stayed at the camp during World War II.

Below are 12 of the best tours of Auschwitz.

1. Auschwitz and Birkenau Tour with Licensed Guide

Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland

Auschwitz and Birkenau were ground zero for many atrocities committed during the Second World War, and previous visitors agree that they’re both heartbreaking and memorable places.

This full-day tour lasts between six and seven hours and includes the services of a licensed guide.

The tour includes stops at prisoner barracks, the gas chambers, crematoriums, and soldiers’ quarters, all of which contain informative signs so you’ll learn about the things you’re seeing.

Tours end at the memorial, where it’s common for visitors to relax and take a few moments to contemplate the magnitude of events that took place more than 80 years ago.

2. Guided Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour from Krakow

Wieliczka Salt Mine, Underground Lake

Though pretty much everyone is relatively familiar with the basic history of Auschwitz, the salt mines at Wieliczka aren’t so well-known.

This 11-hour guided tour from Krakow is a bit on the long side, but it offers guests a look into the area’s macabre history that’s more in-depth than typically found on shorter tours.

You’ll see all the main attractions in the camp, as well as the underground labyrinth of salt mines, where forced laborers toiled in abominable conditions.

The tour includes both guided portions as well as free time for personal exploration and quiet contemplation.

Transportation, park entry fees, and headphones are included in the tour.

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3. Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum & Camp Guided Tour

Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp

For some visitors, spending a full-day in Auschwitz and Birkenau is too much.

The site is brimming with horrors that can be overwhelming to many; for those, it’s wise to consider a brief half-day tour to start.

If, on the other hand, you’re ready for full immersion, this eight-hour tour might be a great fit.

You’ll get to see the camp’s main attractions, as well as learn about its status as the Third Reich’s largest extermination center that wasn’t liberated until January of 1945.

The tour includes round-trip transportation from Krakow, entrance fees, the services of a local professional guide, and the use of headsets while in the museum.

4. Self-Guided Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau from Krakow

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For quiet, reflective types, spending a full-day with a talkative guide may not be the best way to spend time at Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Self-guided tours are popular options for many travelers; though you may miss some unique insights, the facility is packed with exhibits, historical plaques, and first-hand accounts.

Due to their location, Auschwitz and Birkenau were primarily filled with Poles, but nearly one million Jews from all over the continent would eventually be sent there for work and extermination.

This seven-hour tour includes transportation to and from Krakow, an English-speaking driver, and all entrance fees.

Food and drinks are available, but they aren’t included in the cost of the tour.

5. Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour with 4 Guests

Auschwitz Gate and Houses

During much of World War II, Poland was occupied by Nazi troops; the city of Oświęcim was where they built the facilities to hasten their plan for genocide.

This small-group tour is limited to just four guests, so it’s perfect for those who’d rather get a more intimate experience than they would in larger groups.

Guests will get up-close-and-personal with the camp’s most heinous and historic attractions. Due to its small size, this tour is much more customizable than most others.

It’s open to those of most ages and levels of physical ability, but it’s not accessible for those who use a wheelchair.

6. Auschwitz-Birkenau Day Trip from Katowice

Auschwitz Brick Crematory

For those who want all the details of their trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau handled by professionals, this full-day tour would be a wise choice.

Transportation to and from Katowice is provided in a car, minivan, or bus, depending on the number of guests.

Guests will walk past the crowds with their skip-the-line tickets. Once on-site, they will have 3 ½ hours to explore with their English speaking guide.

Expect to be shocked, educated, and emotionally exhausted as you walk amongst the recreated ruins of the worst Nazi death camps of World War II before heading back to your hotel in Katowice.

7. One-Way Bus Direct between Auschwitz-Birkenau and Krakow

Auschwitz Barracks

Round-trip transportation is a big selling point for many international travelers visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau, but for those who prefer to fly by the seat of their pants, one-way transfers are often the way to go.

The trip from Krakow to the camps takes about 1 ½ hours. Once on-location, guests will have the option of exploring the facilities on their own or hooking up with a guided group.

You’ll learn about the harsh and deadly lives the prisoners endured and see the camp’s facilities as well as the museum and memorial to the dead.

There are multiple departures daily, and return trips are available too.

8. Auschwitz Tour from Wroclaw

Auschwitz Train Track

Wroclaw is a bit farther from the camps than Krakow, but it’s still a relatively easy day trip for those who’ve got an entire day to dedicate to one of the world’s most significant attractions.

Plan on being worn-out physically and emotionally after touring the camp and learning about the unspeakable atrocities committed.

For those traveling with kids, infant seats are available, but due to space restrictions, it’s not open to those using a wheelchair.

This tour is limited to eight guests, making it a good fit for families. From beginning to end, the day usually lasts between nine and ten hours.

9. Auschwitz-Birkenau from Krakow with Private Car

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For history buffs and those whose lives were personally changed by the atrocities committed during the Second World War, Auschwitz and Birkenau are definitely must-visit attractions.

They’re the perfect places to get caught up on historical events, pay your respects to the fallen, and get shocking insight into the dark side of humanity.

This private car tour begins and ends in Krakow and includes entrance fees, round-trip transportation, and the services of a guide if that option is chosen at booking.

It’s typically a six or seven-hour day, which means guests are back in Krakow by late afternoon.

10. Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Tour from Krakow

Auschwitz in Winter

Tours with options are big hits these days, especially with savvy travelers looking to stretch their travel dollars and spend their time seeing the things that interest them.

If you fall into this category, this memorial tour from Krakow is worth a look.

Guests will have the option of exploring the two sites on their own or signing up for a guide to show them around.

Whichever option is chosen, you’ll have ample time to see everything for which the camps are known.

Transportation via air-conditioned vehicle is included, but food, drinks, and tips are the responsibility of the participants.

11. Private Tour of Auschwitz from Prague

Auschwitz Entrance

The distance from Prague to Auschwitz is nearly 280 miles, but there’s a doable day-trip tour option for those with boundless energy.

It’s about five hours of driving each way, but once at the camp, guests will have about four hours to explore on their own or hook-up with a professional guide if they choose that option.

Most guests agree that four hours is sufficient to see the camp’s sights, and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

Though food and drinks aren’t included, there will be the opportunity to stop en route at restaurants and cafes in both Poland and the Czech Republic.

12. Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Minivan Tour from Krakow

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Auschwitz’s most revolting features include gas chambers, gallows, and barracks, where overworked inmates spent long nights fighting against hunger, frigid weather, and physical exhaustion.

Needless to say, the site tends to bring a host of emotions to the forefront. During the war years, it was where the lives of more than a million poor souls were taken.

These days, much of the facility has been constructed to near-original condition, and this guided minivan tour from Krakow allows guests a few hours to explore the grounds.

The tour also includes a side excursion to nearby Birkenau, where guests will have about 1 ½ hours before loading up and heading back to Krakow.

Round-trip transportation, entrance fees, and headsets are all included.

12 Best Auschwitz Tours:

  • Auschwitz and Birkenau Tour with Licensed Guide
  • Guided Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour from Krakow
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum & Camp Guided Tour
  • Self-Guided Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau from Krakow
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour with 4 Guests
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Day Trip from Katowice
  • One-Way Bus Direct between Auschwitz-Birkenau and Krakow
  • Auschwitz Tour from Wroclaw
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau from Krakow with Private Car
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Tour from Krakow
  • Private Tour of Auschwitz from Prague
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Minivan Tour from Krakow

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Krakow & Auschwitz Tour

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Krakow & Auschwitz

Did their Krakow, Poland trip in December during the Christmas markets. Really a great trip and experience. Everything was very organized, had really good hotel near the square/old town (I booked the 3-star hotel, private room option with my husband), guides were very good & knowledgeable and the excursions/tours were very good. We also received a lot of extra information and recommendations for things to do and places to go (food and drink too) in our free time which was really nice and helpful. I was a bit nervous reading a few of the reviews here on Yelp but our experience was fantastic and nothing like what some others wrote in their reviews. Krakow was an amazing city and one of the most beautiful in Europe. Definitely recommend this trip and company.

Krakow, Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine - 4 Days Tour

Krakow, Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine - 4 Days

We cannot say enough about our terrific tour guide, Seweryn Osowski. We highly recommend Seweryn and Tour Radar for excellent service and providing us with a truly memorable visit to Krakow. From the time of booking the tour, Seweryn proved to be an excellent communicator, making sure we were carefully informed of all the important details of the trip. Seweryn expertly and flawlessly handled a myriad of details, from early arrivals, airport pickup and transfers, museum tickets, late departures, etc. An avid student and teacher of history, Seweryn’s knowledge of Krakow is very impressive and he made sure that each stop on our tour was meaningful to us. Importantly, when needed, Seweryn, without missing a beat, quickly and efficiently adjusted the trip to meet our particular needs and preferences. His recommendations for restaurants were superb. We especially liked The Black Duck! We would definitely recommend Seweryn and TourRadar to anyone who is planning a trip to Krakow.

Krakow, Auschwitz, Enamel Factory & Wieliczka Salt Mine - 4 Days Tour

Krakow, Auschwitz, Enamel Factory & Wieliczka Salt Mine - 4 Days

I had a great first time experience of Krakow through this tour. My tour guide Seweryn was very friendly, flexible, organised and helpful and made the whole process very smooth. The trips to the mine, factory and camps were well laid out and gave me plenty of time for independent sightseeing and fun. If you want to come to Krakow I would highly recommend you do a trip this way!

Pearls of Poland (for couples) Tour

  • Sightseeing

Pearls of Poland (for couples)

Kuba was extremely knowledgeable and contributed considerably to our understanding and enjoyment of the spots we saw. He was sensitive to my mother's special needs and programmed stops in the tour so she could rest. He also showed up on our final day with special Polish donuts for us to enjoy -- a thoughtful and very sweet gesture. We recommend Kuba highly!

Highlights of Southern Poland Tour

  • Coach / Bus

Highlights of Southern Poland

The Poland tour was excellent! The group leader Beata was awesome and all guidance, planning and itinerary was wonderful. Totally recommended!!

6 days in Krakow and Szczawnica- private exclusive tour for 2 people  Tour

6 days in Krakow and Szczawnica- private exclusive tour for 2 people

7 days in Krakow and Szczawnica- private exclusive tour for 2 people  Tour

7 days in Krakow and Szczawnica- private exclusive tour for 2 people

Highlights of Poland (Classic, 10 Days) Tour

Highlights of Poland (Classic, 10 Days)

KRAKOW: Everything was wonderful in Krakow; by far my favorite city on the tour. There was ample time to see things on our own and enjoy the group activities. ZAKOPANE: The afternoon tour was fine. One option you might want to mention is the spa services at the resort. I made reservations for a massage/facial. When I mentioned this to others on the trip, there were a few that also wanted to do that, but unfortunately, there were no available appointments. I wouldn't necessarily make it an option, but I think you should suggest the services at the spa and if interested in scheduling something, it would be the individual's responsibility to make those arrangements. Unfortunately, some people don't do the level of research in advance as I do. The evening meal was nice, but should be in a bigger venue, as the band was so loud that you couldn't carry on a conversation with those in your group. AUSCHWITZ: A must visit. WROCLAW: Lovely city; all activities were well planned. POZNAN: A few things I would change. The hotel in Poznan was not very nice; the original hotel was the Sheraton Poznan Hotel. I'm not sure why there was a change. I would look at changing to a nicer hotel, as the hotel we stayed (not the Sheraton) was dingy and dirty inside and out. Also, in Poznan, one of our activities was to view a comical twist to the making of a croissant. I think this could be eliminated, giving the group some needed free time to explore the city or rest. I would have much rather walked around the town, than to have gone to this presentation. Perhaps make it an option; it didn't add to my overall experience. TORUN: Beautiful city; enjoyed this stop. GDANSK: Loved every minute of this. WARSAW: Loved every minute of this.

Highlights of Poland Tour

Highlights of Poland

I was in the May 20-27, 2023 Poland tour. The tour got off to a bad start for me because the promised airport transfer pickup was not anywhere in sight at the Warsaw airport. When I called the help phone numbers provided all I got was Polish speaking messages.I called an Uber. I was later told by another fellow traveler in my group (who was on my same airplane) that while he also was not able to find the transfer person at first, after he walked around for while, he somehow found the transfer driver sitting in his car in a remote area. So he was fortunately able to get his transfer. The tour itself was very fulfilling. Everything promised in the three cities was delivered and it was all very exciting and very interesting. The tour guide worked hard to arrange extra excursions, at the spur of the moment, so everybody had options as to filling in any free time and also to participate as a group. He arranged dinners at night so that the whole group could eat together if they wished. There is a huge amount of walking on this tour. The salt mine tour by itself was 8 miles for just that one tour. I enjoy walking and do so every day, but it was sometimes hard to keep up at 77 years old. Most difficult was walking from hotels to train stations and back with all of our luggage. There were steep stairways that had to be dealt with while carrying all of our luggage. Overall, I’m very glad I did the tour and had a great time with all of my fellow tour participants. I believe all twelve tour participants had a lot of fun together. I do recommend this tour but try to do it before age might become too much of a factor because of all of the fast paced walking.
  • 10% deposit on some dates Some departure dates offer you the chance to book this tour with a lower deposit.

Portrait of Poland Tour

Portrait of Poland

Overall, the tour was wonderful. A lot was squeezed into the 7 days. There were a few stops we would like to have spent more time at. The evening included meals were average or below average- it would have been nice to have more local cuisine. Breakfast meals were good; the breakfast buffet at the Regent Warsaw Hotel was excellent. Our tour guide Kasia was very knowledgeable & engaging - she did an excellent job! Really enjoyed her commentary & she was so helpful.

Best of the East Tour

Best of the East

Such a fun and alternative trip to take! We went to Prague, Poland, Budapest, and Austria. Even though it was one of the coldest weeks, our tour guide made it beyond enjoyable. She had so many suggestions of places to go and all were great. My favorite stop was Krakow, Poland, what a beautiful city and so much fun. I had an absolute blast while on this trips, the tour guide were energetic, fun, and knowledgeable, the trip was well run and flexible which I enjoyed, the company had optional activities set up for us which was nice to not feel pressured to do them if you wanted to explore on your own. The accommodations were always comfy and clean and the buses we took for all the trips were enjoyable and filled with fun movies to watch. I would highly recommend traveling with Euroadventures, their attention to detail, responsible yet fun guides, and flexible, activities filled schedule are all beyond worth it.

Tailor-Made Private Trip to Southern Poland with Daily Departure Tour

Tailor-Made Private Trip to Southern Poland with Daily Departure

  • Book With Flexibility This operator allows you to rebook your dates or tours with them for free, waiving change fees.

Best of Poland (11 Days) Tour

  • Walking Adventure

Best of Poland (11 Days)

We were shown all around Poland in a very comfortable coach. The hotels were nice and in great locations, making it easy for us to find our own activity if we did not choose to do the optional excursion. Wonderful trip!
  • €100 deposit on some dates Some departure dates offer you the chance to book this tour with a lower deposit.

Tailor-Made Private Poland Tour with Daily Departure Tour

Tailor-Made Private Poland Tour with Daily Departure

Highlights of Poland (Small Groups, 10 Days) Tour

Highlights of Poland (Small Groups, 10 Days)

Reviews of auschwitz tours.

Did their Krakow, Poland trip in December during the Christmas markets. Really a great trip and experience. Everything was very organized, had really good hotel near the square/old town (I booked the 3-star hotel, private room option with my husband), guides were very good & knowledgeable and the excursions/tours were very good. We also received a lot of extra information and recommendations for things to do and places to go (food and drink too) in our free time which was really nice and helpful. I was a bit nervous reading a few of the reviews here on Yelp but our experience was fantastic and nothing like what some others wrote in their reviews. Krakow was an amazing city and one of the most beautiful in Europe. Definitely recommend this trip and company.
Seweryn was a fantastic tour guide and very knowledgeable about Krakow's history. I enjoyed learning about the many historical and religious details we saw around Krakow. He also went above and beyond to help me when I had trouble purchasing train tickets, and when I got sick offered to reschedule one of the tour days. I really enjoyed his tour and would highly recommend it.

International Versions

  • Deutsch: Auschwitz Rundreisen
  • Français: Circuits et voyages au Auschwitz
  • Español: Circuitos y viajes por Auschwitz
  • Nederlands: Auschwitz Rondreizen

What to expect on your visit to Auschwitz

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A couple of years ago, my girlfriend and I were hostelling our way through central Europe. We’d made it to Berlin, which is a little like those crossroads in movies, the ones with a dozen signs pointing in every possible direction.

There were too many choices as to what to do next. We could head north into Denmark, west to the Netherlands and Belgium, or south into the Czech Republic.

“What about Poland?” my girlfriend said. “We could see Auschwitz.”

The drive from Krakow

A couple of days later I was bouncing along in a small bus through the green lanes of southern Poland, just outside Krakow. The driver didn’t speak any English, nor did the other four sullen Poles on board. When we mentioned the word Auschwitz the driver just grunted and gestured to the seats.

The drive from Krakow to the old camp doesn’t take long. After thirty minutes we stopped on a road like any other road. A few of us got off and the bus rumbled away. Opposite was a shady boulevard lined with birch and oak trees. Glance up and you could just make out the red bricks and roofs of Auschwitz I, the original camp built by Polish political prisoners in the early 1940s.

Auschwitz I. Image Thomas Hee, Flickr

Auschwitz I. Image Thomas Hee, Flickr

Auschwitz I

On busy days, over 30,000 tourists will walk through the grounds of Auschwitz. Dozens and dozens of tours run simultaneously through the old camp and Birkenau, a few minutes down the road. As such, they run a pretty efficient ship. When you arrive you sign up for a tour time and are equipped with a pass, headset and radio. Your guide has a microphone and a transmitter, so all you need to do is tune in to their frequency. You begin where so many prisoners once did, beneath the rusted metal words “Arbeit macht frei” (work makes you free).

The next few hours are hard to describe. Your guide leads you through the avenues and neat brick houses of Auschwitz I. There are bare dormitories, old corridors, chilly parade grounds and – everywhere – double lines of razor wire poles, each equally spaced from its neighbour, and arched in a candy cane curve.

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Image c/o Monica Kelly, Flickr

In every room, rows and rows of faces stare out from the walls: old prisoner profiles in black and white. Most look blank and empty; they portray nothing. But studying them is worth the price of admission alone. You could look at the eyes for hours, searching for a glimmer of hope, a pang of fear or a hint of determination. You can’t help but wonder what they were thinking.

Your guide says, “Three weeks after these were taken, all these people were dead.”

Every piece of the place has a story attached. Here a room, three feet by three feet, where four men were made to stand in the dark until they died. There the square outside notorious Block 11, the prison within a prison, where inmates were routinely executed against a brick wall. The house of the camp commandant, Rudolf Hoss, and the gallows where he was executed by the Allies in 1947. The gas chambers, the piles of hair, glasses, shoes… children’s toys.

The fields of Birkenau. Image Mattia Panciroli, Flickr

The fields of Birkenau. Image Mattia Panciroli, Flickr

Tourism in Auschwitz has attracted some criticism in recent years (the alleged ‘death tourism’) but I don’t really buy into it. You can criticise the actions of individuals, sure, but I think educating and illuminating future generations on one of the darkest times in human history can only be a good thing. Just like Winston Churchill said: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

After the original camp, the tour moves to Birkenau, which is an experience in itself. The close streets and heaviness of Auschwitz I are replaced by acres of grass, clear skies and two parallel railway tracks that come to an ominous, and very final, stop. There’s a warped tranquillity in Birkenau. Yellow wildflowers grow beneath the guard towers. You can see nearby villages and rolling hills. There’s the warble of distant birdsong. It’s hard to imagine that up to 20,000 people per day were killed and burned here. Apparently the nearby residents, the ones who hadn’t been rounded up in the first few years of Nazi occupation, could see and smell the smoke for miles. They slept with the distant glow of the ovens outside their window.

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Image c/o Nick Perrone, Flickr

A visit to Auchwitz is the difference between reading the music and hearing it played. You can read about the horrors that happened there, watch documentaries that give you all the facts, but until you stand in the gas chambers, hear the eerie silence around the ash pools of Birkenau and see the dusty wooden bunks where prisoners would huddle together – you won’t understand it.

At the end of the tour you’re left standing outside the red brick main entrance to Birkenau. I remember thinking how quiet the place was. Even with so many people in it. there was so much silence in that place.

Travellers can visit Auschwitz on some of our trips through Poland . All entry fees to the World Heritage Site go towards preserving the camp for future generations. 

Feature image c/o Matti Panciroli, Flickr 

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In order to enter the Auschwitz Memorial all visitors, also those coming in organized groups, must have their personalized entry pass and ID with them. All guided tours start at former camp Auschwitz I.

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Visiting Auschwitz – How to Plan the Auschwitz Tour

Visiting Auschwitz, albeit a very somber experience, is one of the must things to do in Poland. The largest Nazi Germany concentration and extermination camp during World War II, where over 1,3 million people lost their lives, needs no introduction. Conveniently located near Krakow , Auschwitz can be an easy addition to your Poland itinerary.

It took me almost 37 years to finally visit Auschwitz (although I’ve been to other Nazi Germany camps in Poland), and even if I knew very well what to expect, the place still overwhelmed me with its cruelty and tragedy. And I think everyone should plan a trip to Auschwitz to understand history better and see what people are capable of when the ideology brainwashes them. And, of course, to pay respect to all the unnecessary victims. It’s important to visit places like Auschwitz so we can do our best to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future.

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If you are visiting Poland (especially Krakow , Warsaw , Katowice , or Wroclaw ), I prepared this guide to help you plan your Auschwitz tour without too much hassle. There are different ways to visit Auschwitz, but no matter which one you choose, be prepared for one of the most difficult yet necessary travel experiences of your life.

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Where is Auschwitz

The former Nazi Germany Concentration Camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, is located in a town of around 37.000 inhabitants called Oświęcim in southern Poland. Krakow is less than 70 km away, and Katowice is 35 km away. Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is around 330 km away from Oświęcim.

A brief history of Auschwitz

Even if Auschwitz is known mainly as the extermination camp, it was established as a concentration camp in mid-1940. It was one of over 40 camps in Poland that were supposed to be a solution to the problem of overflowing prisons full of arrested locals. The first people were brought to Auschwitz on June 14th, 1940, from the prison in Tarnow.

Since 1942 Auschwitz has also been used as the extermination camp where Nazis implemented their plan to murder Jewish people from all over Europe. At the peak of its operation, in 1944, Auschwitz was divided into three parts: Auschwitz I (the oldest one, in the old Polish military barracks), Auschwitz II-Birkenau (the largest one, founded in 1941, the majority of victims were killed here), and Auschwitz III (this was a group of over 40 sub-camps created near industrial plants, made for work prisoners).

Numerous Polish villages were demolished, and locals were evicted to develop such a large institution. The camps were isolated from the outside world. The total area was around 40 square kilometers, including all three Auschwitz camps and the so-called “interest zone” used for the technical or supply background, offices, and barracks for Nazis.

Since Auschwitz had a strategic location on the front line, in August 1944, the camp’s liquidation began – the prisoners were taken to Germany, and the evidence of the crimes was covered up. The liberation of Auschwitz took place on January 27th, 1945, when around 7,5 thousand prisoners were still held there.

Altogether, in the almost four years of operation, over 1,3 million people lost their lives in Auschwitz; the majority were Jewish (around 1,1 million), but also Polish (about 150 hundred thousand), Roma people (23 thousand), and other nations.

In 1979 Auschwitz was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List – it is the only former Nazi concentration camp with that title in the world.

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How to visit Auschwitz

You can visit Auschwitz two ways: with a tour from where you are staying in Poland (most likely Krakow, Katowice, Warsaw, or Wroclaw) or independently, reaching the site by car or using public transport. Both options are doable; however, the tour is a slightly better one as everything will be taken care of for you.

There is a wide selection of tours to choose from that depart from Krakow as well as other mentioned cities. Most of them cover more or less the same things: pick-up from your accommodation, transportation to/from Auschwitz and back, the entrance ticket to the concentration camp, and the guided tour on-site.

When I visited Auschwitz, I arrived by train from Warsaw, with the change in Katowice. I was at the museum almost an hour before my guided tour of the site was supposed to start, and despite the poor weather (it was raining on that day), there was no place to hide and wait for the tour. Visitors were not allowed to enter the museum until a few minutes before the tour was about to start. Me and a few other unlucky visitors just stood near the trees, hiding under the umbrella and waiting for our time to enter the site. I can’t say it was a comfortable situation (but at least the weather worked perfectly well for such a sad place to visit). Recently, a new visitors center was opened so hopefully the situation is better.

When using public transport, you need to rely on the schedule of trains/buses and, just in case, plan to be at the site with some extra time ahead; hence a tour is a better option. Still, visiting Auschwitz is doable independently – I did it, and once the tour of the site started, it was really good.

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Visiting Auschwitz – practical information

Visiting Auschwitz memorial site is free of charge; however, I recommend joining the tour with the educator provided by the museum. They have a huge knowledge of the place and the tragedy that occurred here and can answer all the questions visitors always have. Tours are available in various languages: Polish, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech, and Slovak.

Even if you decide to visit the site independently, you still need to book the entry pass – those with free entrance start in the afternoon. You can buy/reserve your ticket online at the website of Auschwitz Museum here.

Currently, the price for the tour with the educator is 80 PLN for Polish and 90 PLN for other languages. When booking the ticket, you must state your full name and surname – this will be checked later.

Since tickets can sell out quickly, booking one at least a month in advance is recommended. If there are no tickets left for the day you want to visit Auschwitz, you can join the organized tour from Krakow or other cities, as tour operators usually have tickets booked in advance. Due to the sensitive nature of the place, children under 14 years old should not visit Auschwitz Museum.

Once you have your ticket, you need to arrive at the Auschwitz visitors center 30 minutes before your tour starts to go through the security check (it’s rather thorough, similar to the airport), have your ticket inspected (remember to have the ID or passport with you), get the headset for the tour and meet your group. You are allowed to have a bag or backpack with a maximum dimension of 30x20x10 cm; any larger luggage must be left in the paid lockers.

Auschwitz Museum is open every day except January 1st, December 25th, and Easter Sunday. Opening hours vary depending on the month and are as follows:

  • 7:30-14:00 in December
  • 7:30-15:00 in January and November
  • 7:30-16:00 in February
  • 7:30-17:00 in March and October
  • 7:30-18:00 in April, May, and September
  • 7:30-19:00 in June, July, and August

The closing time means the last entrance – after that, you are allowed to stay on-site for an hour and a half. However, if you want to see Auschwitz Museum properly, you need at least 3,5 hours for that – that’s also how long the standard tour with the educator lasts. It is usually divided equally between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II- Birkenau. A free shuttle bus runs between the two sites every few minutes.

Taking pictures and making videos is allowed in Auschwitz, for individual use, except in two places: the hall with the hair of Victims (block nr 4) and the basements of Block 11. Your educator will remind you not to take pictures there.

Remember what sort of place you are visiting and behave there with respect. It might be obvious for most, but I can’t count how many times I’ve read news about inappropriate behavior in Auschwitz and other similar sites in Poland, so I think it’s worth reminding this is not your typical tourist attraction but a place of one of the greatest tragedy that ever happened in the world.

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Getting to Auschwitz independently

If you decide to visit Auschwitz on your own, you must get to the visitors’ center, where your tour will start. The new visitors center, which opened just recently, is located at 55 Więźniów Oświęcimia Street in Oświęcim ( here is the exact location ). If you drive there, there is a large parking lot where you can leave your car before visiting the museum.

If you use public transport, there are both trains and buses you can take to reach Oświęcim. I recommend trains as they are slightly faster and more comfortable; however, some buses stop next to the museum, so that’s convenient. You can check all the connections on this website , where you can also find the location of the bus stop in Oświęcim (there can be three different ones).

The train station in Oświęcim is located at Powstańców Śląskich Street, some 20 minutes walking from the Auschwitz museum. It’s a straightforward way; you can check the map with the directions here . I recommend catching the train that gives you at least an hour between arriving at Oświęcim and when your tour starts.

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Auschwitz tour from Krakow

Numerous Auschwitz tours depart from Krakow, so you will easily find the one that suits your itinerary and needs. Here are some recommended ones:

  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial Guided Tour from Krakow
  • Auschwitz & Birkenau – Fully Guided Tour from Krakow
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour with Private Transport from Kraków
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour by Private Transport from Krakow

You can also combine visiting Auschwitz with Wieliczka Salt Mine , another UNESCO-listed site near Krakow and a must-visit place in Poland. Here are the tours that go to both places in one day:

  • Day Trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine from Krakow including Lunch
  • Full-Day Tour of Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt Mine from Krakow
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salt Mine Tour with private transport from Krakow
  • Combined: Auschwitz Birkenau and Salt Mine private chauffeur from Krakow

If you decide to go to Auschwitz from Krakow on your own, you can take the train from the main train station to Oświęcim. They are rather frequent, more or less every hour, and the journey takes a bit over an hour (depending on the connection, the longest one is 1h20min).

If you want to take the bus, they depart from the MDA bus station, next to the main train station. The price for trains and buses is similar, between 15 and 20 PLN, although trains tend to be cheaper and faster. You can check all the connections and buy a ticket here .

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Auschwitz tour from Warsaw

Even if Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is located over 300 km away from Oświęcim, it is possible to go for a one-day Auschwitz tour. However, you can expect a long day, and a large part of it will be spent traveling. But if you are visiting Warsaw only, Auschwitz can be a good addition to your Poland itinerary, so you can better understand the country’s complex history.

Here are some of the recommended Auschwitz tours from Warsaw:

  • From Warsaw Auschwitz and Krakow one day tour by train with pick up and drop off
  • One day tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau from Warsaw with private transport

Going for the day trip from Warsaw to Auschwitz independently is also possible using trains. You can take the 6 am train to Katowice and then change for the train to Oświęcim, arriving in the town around 10:30. If you decide to do that, you can book your Auschwitz tour for 11:30 or 12:00. On the way back, you can catch the train after 16:00 from Oświęcim to Katowice, and after changing for the train to Warsaw, you will be in the capital after 20:00.

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Auschwitz tour from Katowice

Since Katowice is less than 40 km from Auschwitz, it’s easy to go for a day trip. You need to take the local train to Oświęcim, it takes less than 50 minutes, and the connections are more or less every hour.

Or you can go for a tour, here are the Auschwitz tours from Katowice:

  • Auschwitz – Birkenau from Katowice
  • Auschwitz & Birkenau English guided tour by private transport from Katowice
  • Auschwitz tour from Wroclaw

Wroclaw is another popular place to visit in Poland, and since it’s located around 230 km from Oświęcim, you can go for an Auschwitz tour from Wroclaw too. If you decide to do it independently, you can take the train to Katowice and then change for the local train to Oświęcim. A one-way trip should take you less than 4 hours.

Or you can go for a tour; here are the recommended ones from Wroclaw:

  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour from Wrocław
  • Private Full-Day Tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau from Wroclaw

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Auschwitz Museum Tour

As for the museum itself, here is what you can expect.

You will start in the oldest part of the concentration camp – Auschwitz I, where the infamous gate with the sign “Arbeit macht frei” (meaning “Work Sets You Free”) is located. Here, you will visit numerous barracks where inmates were kept – now you can see different exhibitions there, showing the reality of Auschwitz and halls with personal belongings taken from arriving prisoners – luggage, shoes, glasses, etc., or hair of Victims. You will learn all about cruel practices here, including medical experiments or torture.

Visiting this part of Auschwitz museum is a very somber experience, and it’s really difficult to comprehend the tragedy that happened in this very place.

Besides the barracks in Auschwitz I, you will also see where the camp commander lived or the first crematorium where Nazis started their experiments with killing using gas. In this part of the Auschwitz tour, you can take pictures everywhere except the two places in Blocks 4 and 11 – they will be clearly marked, and your educator will remind you about this restriction.

The visit to Auschwitz I takes around 1,5 hours. Afterward, together with your group and educator, you will take the shuttle bus to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, located some 3 km away.

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Auschwitz II-Birkenau is where around 90% of victims died. It is a huge area that worked kind of like the killing factory, with four gas chambers and crematoriums. This is also where most prisoners arrived – you most likely know the view of the railway tracks and brick gate – that’s Auschwitz II-Birkenau. This part of the visit is mostly outdoors.

You will walk around the area, see the remnants of the camp, visit some barracks inside, and learn all about the horrific tragedy that happened here. When Auschwitz I has a more intimate, even claustrophobic feeling, Auschwitz II-Birkenau can overwhelm you with its scale and enormity.

You will spend around 1,5 hours here, too; afterward, you can take the shuttle bus back to the visitors center when you started your tour.

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Final thoughts on visiting Auschwitz

Even though I’ve lived in Poland almost my whole life, and Auschwitz has been a familiar topic since I remember, it took me nearly 37 years to finally visit the place. Before I was in different Nazi Germany sites in Poland, mostly in Majdanek in Lublin, so I didn’t feel the need to visit Auschwitz too. But I don’t regret the decision to go there eventually.

You can read and learn about the place, but nothing can prepare you for visiting Auschwitz. Some areas look familiar (after all, pictures of the “Arbeit macht frei” sign or Birkenau gate are present everywhere), but you will still be overwhelmed by the place and seeing it in real life. It’s hard to comprehend the cruelty and tragedy that happened here, and dealing with all the thoughts invading your mind afterward can take a while. It can be one of the most difficult-to-understand places you will ever visit.

Still, despite it all, I think everyone should go to Auschwitz to see where fanaticism and totalitarianism can lead and why we should avoid them at all costs.

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At some stage, almost everyone who visits Krakow is confronted by a simple decision - whether to visit Auschwitz or not. But deciding to do so is is simply the start of a further series of choices to be made - to take a guided tour from Krakow , or to go by oneself using public transpor t, or simply hire a taxi driver to take you there? Or maybe to combine it with a trip to the salt mines at Wieliczka in one day ? Here you will find out about all the options, and find the tour to Auschwitz that suits you best. We’ll also explain some very important things to remember , irrespective of which tour to Auschwitz you choose, and a list of the things you can expect to see whilst there.

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1) Auschwitz Guided Tour from Krakow

The easiest option, this fully-guided group tour includes pick-up and drop-off from particular hotels in Krakow, so the whole process is straightforward and easy. Not all hotels are covered, so in this case, you can just make your way to one of the pick-up locations and grab the bus from there. The tour leader speaks English, the bus is air-conditioned (essential in the summer when it can get pretty hot in Poland), and the price also includes the guide at the Auschwitz Museum itself and a skip-the-line entry ticket. The journey takes about 1.5 hours, and the guided tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp takes about 3.5 hours, so all in all, this tour will take around 7 hours in total, door-to-door.

You can book this guided tour online through GetYourGuide here .

2) Self-Guided Tour of Auschwitz

Yes. You can organise everything yourself. Just remember that you will need to have an entry pass to visit the Auschwitz Museum (effectively the whole place is a museum). The entry passes are actually free, but there is limited availability of these, in order to keep the numbers of visitors at a reasonable level. So, while you can just take your chance that you will be able to get an entry pass on arrival, it is really much better to organise this in advance. Just visit the official Auschwitz Museum website entry pass page and select your name and time. Notice that you will be required to provide your personal details, and these must match your ID (which you need to take with you as well).

3) Private tour of Auschwitz from Krakow with Licensed Guide

Whilst we’ve already covered options for group tours, if you prefer to have a private and individual door-to-door tour from Krakow to Auschwitz, that option is also available. It is ideal for a couple, small group or family who prefer to learn about the horrors of Auschwitz in a more private and personal way, and is also more flexible than the standard group tours in terms of being able to stop when you want, or make some small changes to the tour as no-one else is affected. Arrangements on a private tour can also more easily be made if someone requires wheelchair access for example. This tour allows you to book now and pay later, which is also something to bear in mind. The private tour guide will accompany you the whole day, providing lots of information on the way to and from Auschwitz, as well as at the concentration camp museum as well. Obviously, a guide is provided who can talk in your preferred language, so if English is not your main language, that is no problem at all. All entrance tickets and so on are taken care of, as well as bottled water and a small snack or sweets along the journey. Needless to say, pick-up and drop-off direct to your accommodation in Krakow are all part of the price. You can read more reviews and make your booking through GetYourGuide , which also offer some other options for visiting Auschwitz.

4) Krakow to Auschwitz by public transport

If you’ve decided that you want to visit Auschwitz under your own steam, there are certainly plenty of options to get there by public transport - namely by train or by bus. 

By bus - regular trips depart from Krakow’s Main Bus Station, which is just a 5 minute walk east of Galeria Krakowska, the large shopping centre very close to the Old Town. You can always just take your chance and pitch up the station, then look for the first one going to Auschwitz (‘Oświęcim’ in Polish). Buses are very good value in Poland, so you certainly won’t pay much, but there is quite a range in the quality of service. From luxury coaches to clapped-out minibuses, all types are possible, so have a good look before settling on your preferred option. Bear in mind that a lot of the smaller vans will have quite a lot of stops along the way, whereas the larger coaches are more likely to have less. Out of season, finding a space should not be a problem, but during the high season, it is best to book in advance. The bus journey will take between 1.5 and 2 hours typically.

When you arrive by bus in the town of Oświęcim, just remember to get off right by the museum. There are 3 stops in the town, so make sure to get the right one and not end up with a long walk awaiting you!

By train - plenty of scheduled trains between Krakow and Oświęcim (Auschwitz) means you will have a lot of options to choose from. Like buses, trains are also rather cheap in Poland, and present excellent value for visitors. The main train station is right next to Galeria Krakowska, and there is an underground tunnel from the ground floor of that shopping centre that leads right through to the platforms and ticketing area. The train journey takes under 2 hours, depending on the number of stops. If you prefer to book in advance - http://rozklad-pkp.pl/en

You can also read about these and other transport options to Auschwitz on the Krakow Tours website .

5) Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour in one day

Not for the faint-hearted, this is a very long tour taking in the two most popular tours from Krakow, and it lasts around 11 hours. There is a break for about an hour in the middle of the tour, when you will get a chance to buy and eat some lunch, but otherwise this is a very full and active day which involves a lot of travelling and walking. In general, I would not recommend this unless you really have a short time in Krakow and are keen to visit as much as possible. The tour involves visiting Auschwitz first, which is such an overwhelming experience, that generally visitors are rather emotionally exhausted by the end of it, so to then follow that up with a 2 hour drive to Wieliczka Salt Mines (where you face a long walk through the mines after a very long descent by stairs) can be a bit much for a lot of people.

Please also remember that, as the salt mines are not accessible by wheelchairs, this is really not suitable for those who cannot walk easily.

Notwithstanding these recommendations, if you do decide this is the option for you, you can book it online directly either through GetYourGuide or through Krakow Tours

6) Auschwitz Museum from Krakow with Rented Car

Although we’ve looked at public transport options, of course the other alternative, if you don’t want to go on an organised tour, is to just rent your own car and drive yourself. This is not a bad idea, especially if you plan to do a bit more travelling around and prefer to have the flexibility of your own transport. If renting a vehicle, you can either just go with the standard car hire firms (of which there are plenty in Krakow, both at the airport and in the centre of town), or take the alternative of car sharing. Traficar is an app which you can download, and then simply rent any of a number of vehicles that are spread out around the city. The charges are very reasonable, and you can either hire per minute or per day, and is certainly a lot quicker than going through the more formal process of renting in the traditional way.

7) Auschwitz Museum from Krakow with Private Taxi

If you are not into booking things in advance, you can always hire a taxi to take you to Auschwitz. You will notice that many private cabs have signs on them offering the service, as well as to other sites like the salt mines at Wieliczka. Many of the taxis you use will also have business cards you take so you can contact them during your stay, and there is something to be said for sticking with a helpful, English-speaking driver if you come across one. However, be aware that this is not normally a cheap option. Prices are constantly changing, especially as fuel prices rise across the country, but in general it will work out quite a bit more expensive than taking one of the organised tours. Still, it is something to bear in mind. If you do decide to take a taxi, make sure to agree the price in advance and find out what is (or isn’t) included in the price. Taxis in general are quite good value in Poland, and overall quality is reasonable and rip-offs rarely happen.

8) Custom Tour from Krakow to Auschwitz

If none of the above options is ideal for you, there is always the possibility to have a tour custom made for you. Maybe you have a large group of schoolchildren to take care of, or require something particularly special? Either way, there are a few locally-based travel services who can answer all your questions by email or on the phone, with staff who write and speak English and Polish fluently. Krakow-Tours.com is one we can recommend. Not only can you book many of the standard tours online through their website, but you can also just pick up the phone and call or email directly with your questions, and they are happy to assist. krakow-tours.com [email protected] +48 572 703 376

What will you see at Auschwitz?

Whilst everyone has heard about Auschwitz and the horrors that took place there, it is worth while having some idea of the things you will see during a tour, so many of which are imprinted indelibly upon our collective memory, They include:

Arbeit Macht Frei Gate

“Arbeitr“

Birkenau train line

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Intact buildings and barracks

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Gas chambers and gas canisters

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The Crematorium

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The belongings of those that died, such as shoes, clothes, and luggage

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Some important tips and things to remember when visiting Auschwitz

  • The camp and museum is not suitable for children under 14 years of age
  • It shouldn’t really need saying, but all visitors are expected to show suitable respect. Loud music, taking shirts off, sunbathing etc are strictly prohibited. Poland is rightly very protective of the solemn nature of the concentration camp, so any visitors who behave in an unruly manner are likely to be swiftly escorted out, or possibly even arrested.
  • Under no circumstances are any items to be removed from the site. However tempting it may be to pick up a stone from the railway tracks or some discarded item from the ground, just don’t do it. If caught you face prosecution. Be respectful at all times. (as an aside, many years ago an anonymous visitor to Krakow, having picked up such a stone and feeling guilty afterwards, posted it to me in Krakow and asked me to return it to the site. The stone, in its envelope, sat on my desk silently reproaching me for a few months until I went to Auschwitz where, as requested, I dropped it back on the railway tracks from where it was removed. The relief felt on knowing it was back was palpable. Surely there could be few worse things than the karma from having taken an item from such a place?)
  • Bring your ID or passport. All visitors are required to provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking, and these are checked on arrival at the museum.
  • No large bags or luggage allowed into the museum. You can carry a small bag or small backpack with you, but nothing larger will be allowed in.
  • Leave your drones at home. There is a no-fly-zone over the camp and up to 500 metres surrounding it. Pretty much only TV channels and documentary film makers are given permission to film using drones. You can read more on the official Auschwitz Museum website at https://www.auschwitz.org/epp20/
  • People with disabilities may find it hard to move around. Wheelchairs are available at the Visitor Service Centre but need to be reserved in advance.
  • Don’t plan anything after your tour. You are bound to feel subdued after visiting the camp, so it’s not recommended to plan an evening of partying later on. On return to Krakow you will probably simply want to eat a light meal and take the rest of the day and evening quietly to reflect on what you have just witnessed.

A final word

Few who decide to visit Auschwitz will ever regret it. Humbling, horrifying, overwhelming even, many say that a visit to the former concentration camp has changed their lives. If you have found this page useful, you may also like to read a bit more about the history of the camp , as well as a more in-depth look at Birkenau , also known as Auschwitz II, which is also part of the general tour itinerary.

The worst place I have ever visited, but probably the most important one. I will never forget.

Indescribable horror, fear and sadness.

I visited and will never forget.

Very useful information, it must be strange for the people who still live in the town of Aushwitz, I wonder how they cope and if their families were also living in that town during the holocaust?

The day I visited here was the day I stopped complaining about my problems.

Thank you for this information to help us plan our trip. I am worried whether I will be able to face this, but feel I have to do it as a sign of respect.

Very helpful information, thank you. I am thinking of going to Krakow in August, so this is useful to know for planning. I just hope I will be able to deal with it mentally.

Thank you as this article was very helpful. I will be back once I know the dates I'm going

Agree that it is quite a long day if you decide to visit both Auschwitz and the Salt Mines in one go. If you do, take an extra sandwich or snack. We were a bit hungry at times.

No-one should come to Krakow without visiting the concentration camp at Auschwitz. A powerful and humbling experience. There are no words to describe it....

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Mr. Klion is a journalist and cultural critic.

Any filmmaker trying to draw meaning from the Holocaust onscreen faces potential pitfalls. If you showcase individual human perseverance, as in Agnieszka Holland’s 1990 film “Europa Europa,” you risk trivialization; if you attempt to dramatize the inside of a concentration camp, as in Roberto Benigni’s 1997 film “Life Is Beautiful,” you risk exploitation; if you’re simply interested in preserving the testimony of survivors, you risk redundancy with what Claude Lanzmann accomplished in the 1985 film “Shoah.”

Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film “Schindler’s List” is a masterpiece that consciously navigates these risks, but it, too, has faced criticism for sentimentality and for centering the figure of a righteous gentile.

Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a dark horse candidate for best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday, avoids all of these traps and finds something new and profoundly unsettling to say about the Holocaust. Mr. Spielberg recently called it “the best Holocaust movie I’ve witnessed since my own.” The film also accomplishes something more relevant to the present, forcing viewers to confront difficult questions about our own proximity to atrocity, and succeeding as a bracing reminder of how art can alert and sensitize us to the historical moment we inhabit.

“Zone” is ostensibly about the genocide of European Jewry, but its focus is not on the Jewish victims, who remain almost entirely offscreen. Rather, Mr. Glazer exposes the perpetrators to the scrutiny of the audience’s gaze. “Zone” depicts the life of Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, and his family at their handsome estate just outside the walls of the death camp.

We don’t see prisoners gunned down or stripped naked and marched to the gas chambers. What we do see — and thanks to a chilling and ingenious sound design, hear — are plumes of smoke rising above the incinerators, glimpsed through the window of a bedroom, and the distant rattle of gunfire on the other side of the wall as we tour the pristine garden that Rudolf’s wife, Hedwig, enjoys showing off to guests.

In one of the most disturbing scenes, we watch as a stream of dark ash overtakes the neighboring brook in which Rudolf and his children have gone for a dip. The father is horrified — not at the slaughter implied by this pollution, but at the possibility of his family’s contamination — and a frantic cleansing ensues.

While the film does not ask that we empathize with the Hösses, the conventions of storytelling dictate that we can’t help but identify with them. Some critics have called this approach hollow or even kitschy , an over-aestheticized art house stunt that tells us nothing new about Auschwitz. “The Zone of Interest” has made many of its more sympathetic critics uncomfortable, and that’s by design. “For me, this is not a film about the past,” Mr. Glazer told The Guardian. “It’s trying to be about now, and about us and our similarity to the perpetrators, not our similarity to the victims.”

By keeping the violence of the camp just barely out of frame, Mr. Glazer renders it an omnipresent backdrop to everyday life. In compelling us to spend time with the Hösses, the film demands that we reflect not only on the Holocaust but also on our own degrees of complicity in the horrors that we know are being carried out on the other sides of figurative and literal walls today.

Höss is the overseer of Auschwitz and enters the camp every day, but his wife and children don’t see what’s on the other side of the wall. Yet much of the film’s impact comes in dissecting how they are broadly aware of what goes on and are directly implicated, while still able to carry on their routine lives mostly unperturbed. Watching “The Zone of Interest” as U.S.-made bombs rained down on civilian neighborhoods in Gaza, I couldn’t help but dwell on the banal acceptance of these mass civilian casualties that I’ve witnessed closer to home.

I’m not alone in drawing that connection. One of the film’s producers, James Wilson, in his BAFTA acceptance speech last month, spoke of “the walls we construct in our lives which we choose not to look behind” and of “innocent people being killed in Gaza or Yemen.” While accepting a technical achievement award for the film’s mesmerizing soundtrack at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, Mica Levi took the opportunity to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.

Mx. Levi — who, like Mr. Glazer and Mr. Wilson, is Jewish — is one of the few entertainment industry figures this awards season to have taken a public stand on Israel’s military siege against the Palestinians. For Jews like myself, who publicly oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza, one of the hardest realities to confront is the fact that plenty of people in our communities are aware that the Israeli offensive is killing tens of thousands of Palestinians, many of whom are children. But in the wake of the gruesome Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israelis that touched off the war, many people we are close to are not just incurious about Israel’s assault on Gaza but are willing to justify it without apology.

This is the thoroughly modern unease that “Zone of Interest” taps into. The advent of social media means that many of us are confronted with human suffering and injustice as an ambient fact of daily life, and not only in Israel and Gaza, but around the world. By necessity we can develop an instinct to minimize, dismiss or, in some cases, even defend human suffering — which is the very instinct that “Zone of Interest” intends to expose. It turns the audience’s gaze on the perpetrators, but it also implicitly asks us to examine our own roles.

The closest artistic precedent to the approach of “The Zone of Interest” is not a Holocaust film at all, but rather Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 documentary “The Act of Killing.” In examining the U.S.-backed Indonesian mass killings of the mid-1960s, Mr. Oppenheimer asks living perpetrators of the massacres to recount and dramatically re-enact their crimes. The perpetrators initially take up this task with a comic relish that comes across as profoundly inappropriate and discomfiting. “The Act of Killing” ends with one of its subjects retching over what he has spent decades being outwardly proud of. His discomfort doesn’t begin to address the scale of the damage he did, but it’s a visceral expression of regret.

The sequence is deliberately echoed in Mr. Glazer’s film. “Zone” ends with Höss dry-heaving after a night of partying with other Nazi officials as he momentarily seems to contemplate a future — our own present — in which all he did at Auschwitz is reduced to a sterile museum exhibit in a free Poland. No conscious part of Höss is in doubt about the correctness of his project, but on some basic level his body revolts against its own evil.

“The Zone of Interest” offers no moral redemption for the Hösses. Nor does it offer audiences the satisfaction of seeing Höss captured by the Allied powers and executed. There are no Jewish survivors to celebrate onscreen, nothing to distract us from the reality that the majority of Europe’s Jews were successfully exterminated.

Having closely observed a living instrument of genocide for the duration of the film, we are extended no solace and we exit the theater feeling a little unclean, as though we participated ourselves. Perhaps in another context we might have. Perhaps in another context we are.

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Accepting the award for best international film for The Zone of Interest, its director called for an end to the conflict in the Middle East

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Jonathan Glazer, the director of Auschwitz-set film The Zone of Interest , won cheers and applause at the Academy Awards for a speech in which he decried the current conflict in the Middle East.

Glazer took to the stage to accept the Oscar for best international film – the first time Britain has won the prize – for his German-language, Polish-shot adaptation of the Martin Amis novel.

Taking to the stage with producer James Wilson – who has made a series of speeches cautioning against selective empathy – Glazer said that when making the film, the pair had been eager to make its story as contemporary as possible. “All our choices are made to reflect and confront us in the present. Not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst.”

Glazer – who, like Wilson, is Jewish - continued: “Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people, whether the victims of October 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack in Gaza.”

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He finished by paying tribute to Alexandria Bystroń-Kołodziejczyk, an elderly Polish woman he had met, who had worked for the Polish resistance when she was just 12.

She recounted how she had cycled to the camp to leave apples, and how she had found the mysterious piece of written music, which, it turned out, had been composed by an Auschwitz prisoner called Joseph Wulf, who survived the war. “She lived in the house we shot in,” Glazer told the Observer last year.

“It was her bike we used, and the dress the actor wears was her dress. Sadly, she died a few weeks after we spoke.”

Her actions are recreated in the film through nighttime scenes in which a young girl is seen secretly leaving food for the prisoners. “[She] glows in the film,” said Glazer on Sunday, “as she did in life. I dedicate this to her memory and her resistance.’

The Zone of Interest is the third British film to be nominated in the category (following the predominantly Welsh-language films Hedd Wyn in 1993 and Solomon & Gaenor in 2000).

It defeated a field that included Spanish-produced air crash drama Society of the Snow, directed by JA Bayona, and Japanese toilet-cleaner character study Perfect Days, directed by Wim Wenders. Anatomy of a Fall , Zone of Interest’s main non-English-language rival on the awards circuit this year, was not nominated, after France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée instead put forward the Juliette Binoche foodie drama The Taste of Things as the country’s submission.

Sandra Hüller, who stars in Anatomy of a Fall, appears in The Zone of Interest as Hedwig Höss, alongside Christian Friedel as Rudolf Höss, the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp.

This article was amended on 12 March 2024. Joseph Wulf was the name of the song composer imprisoned at Auschwitz, not “Thomas Wolf” as an earlier version said.

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The German-language Holocaust drama, directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, is now the first international feature winner for the U.K. 

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The Zone of Interest , the German-language Holocaust drama directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller , has won the United Kingdom its first-ever Academy Award for best international feature at the Oscars 2024.

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“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,” Glazer told the audience, who had honored him with a standing ovation upon his win. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.”

Glazer went on to explain how the film, which focuses on the quotidian life of the family of the Nazi commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp against the literal backdrop of the Holocaust’s worst atrocities, draws a direct line between the past and present.

“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people — whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza — all the victims of this dehumanization… how do we resist?” Glazer asked.

Glazer, who is Jewish, then dedicated the film’s win to Alexandria, a 90-year-old woman he met,while working on the film and who inspired one of the key characters in  The Zone of Interest . She had worked for the Polish resistance at the age of 12, leaving apples for prisoners as she cycled through Auschwitz. In the film, the scenes inspired by Alexandria’s acts of humanity are shot with thermal cameras, making the young actor recreating her noble work glow against a dark landscape; the director referred to Alexandria from the stage as “the girl who glows in the film, as she did in life.”

“She lived in the house we shot in,” Glazer told  The Guardian.  “It was her bike we used, and the dress the actor wears was her dress. Sadly, she died a few weeks after we spoke.”

“Our emotional and political culture is closer to that of the perpetrator than we think,” The Zone of Interest producer James Wilson recently told THR . “Not in terms of wanting to kill another ethnic group, but in terms of these are the aspirations for which we are prepared not to think about who is excluded from those dreams of comfort and security. In some ways, our comfort and security might be built on the exclusion of those people.”

THR reviewer David Rooney called The Zone of Interest a “bone-chilling Holocaust drama like no other,” also writing in his review : “Loosely adapted from the Martin Amis novel, the Brit director’s fourth feature focuses on a camp commandant’s family living their bucolic dream life just over the wall from Auschwitz.”

The win marks a record. The U.K. had been nominated in the category twice before, but had never gone on to actually win the Oscar. The previous nominations were for Paul Turner’s 1993 Welsh anti-war biopic Hedd Wyn , based on the life of poet Ellis Humphrey Evans who was killed in World War I, and Paul Morrison’s 1999 forbidden love drama Solomon and Gaenor , about an Orthodox Jewish man in early 20th-century Wales who falls in love with a gentile woman.

The Zone of Interest won the international Oscar against strong competition. The other films nominated in the category were Io Capitano  (Italy), Perfect Days  (Japan), Society of the Snow  (Spain), and The Teacher’s Lounge  (Germany).

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Controversy Grows After ‘Zone of Interest’ Director Jonathan Glazer Uses Oscar Speech to Condemn the Israel-Hamas War

Jonathan Glazer accepts the Best International Feature Film award for "The Zone of Interest" at the 96th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

At this year’s Oscars, “ The Zone of Interest ” director Jonathan Glazer took the prize for most polarizing speech. And the swirl surrounding exactly what he said and what he meant — still a matter of debate — doesn’t appear to be dying down. 

When the British filmmaker took the stage after the Auschwitz-set Holocaust drama was announced as best international film, he was greeted with a standing ovation. He then referred to notes he’d prepared in advance, thanked the requisite players and drew a parallel between “Zone of Interest” and the current conflict in Gaza that was difficult to decipher given the audience applause and his own mumbling. 

Glazer skipped the backstage pressroom after the win and hasn’t done any interviews to clarify the point he hoped to make with his speech. He declined to comment for this story.  

That hasn’t stopped people from weighing in — their divergent views correspond to the spectrum of positions on the Israel-Hamas war . 

“He used his power and position and the biggest global stage to speak up for people with no power, no voice, or those too afraid to speak up, in an industry which is very conservative and risk adverse and which has a long history of blacklisting people,” Asif Kapadia, who won the 2015 best feature documentary Oscar for “Amy,” tells Variety . “He stood up and told the truth. This is what true artists do.” 

But others slammed Glazer’s speech, like Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “It’s truly disheartening to see someone minimize the Holocaust literally as they are accepting an award for a film they made … about the Holocaust. Glazer talks about understanding where dehumanization can lead, yet is blind to the fact that it’s Hamas’ dehumanization of Jews & Israelis that led to the current war. Let me be clear: Israel is not hijacking anyone’s Jewishness. It’s defending every Jew’s right to exist.” 

Greenblatt declined further comment, but an ADL rep tells Variety that he was referring to the entire speech and not just snippets that have circulated on social media. Many who initially commented on Glazer’s speech, like actor Michael Rapaport, did not appear to have heard or read the speech in full. (Rapaport wrote that Glazer “exploited the HOLOCAUST, its victims, and survivors, while you refute your Jewishness in front of the world.”) Others like commentator Ben Shapiro did not appear to have seen the film based on his well-circulated tweet the day after the Oscars that said, “In Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Zone of Interest,’ you don’t see one Jew. Those are the best Jews, according to Glazer: the faceless victims screaming in the distance. Ironically, he’s the villain: picking up awards from the bodies of those anonymous dead Jews while ignoring the living ones getting slaughtered in the Gaza Envelope by genocidal murderers.’” (There are several Jewish characters depicted in “The Zone of Interest.”)

Glazer’s speech and the reactions highlight a growing divide in Hollywood that erupted in the wake of the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel. Even in the room, Glazer’s speech was met with a mixed response. While Mark Ruffalo could be seen applauding enthusiastically in the front row of the Dolby Theatre, others sat motionless like Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who had just won the Oscar for her supporting role in “The Holdovers.”  

Best supporting actor nominee Ruffalo was one of many Oscar attendees who wore the Artists4Ceasefire pin. He has been an outspoken advocate for the Palestinian cause. But he also has worked behind the scenes on the efforts to free the hostages who remain captives of Hamas. Sources say Ruffalo has met with family members of the hostages as well as people who survived the Hamas attack. 

It was also unclear who Glazer was referring to when he said “we” with the phrase “we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked … “ Blavatnik is Jewish. It is unclear if the film’s producer James Wilson, who was standing next to Glazer, is or isn’t. 

For Stefanie Fox, executive director of leftist group Jewish Voice for Peace, those attacking Glazer are simply making his point for him. “He wants to apply the lessons of the Holocaust to the horrors that ‘confront us in the present,’ while his detractors want nothing more than to avert and distract our attention from the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians,” she says. “Glazer speaks for the massive and growing number of Jews who honor our histories by joining our Palestinian siblings in their struggle for freedom and justice.”

A similar sentiment was added by Simone Zimmerman, founder of the grassroots organization If Not Now that is calling for a ceasefire and the end of “U.S. support for Israel’s apartheid system.”

“To me, the most important line in the speech — and the one that nobody’s having a meltdown about — is the idea that this film is meant to be a wake-up call to us in the present,” she tells Variety . “The people who are in hysterics about the speech are the very same people who are aggressively invested in denying the atrocities that are currently being committed in Gaza by those who do, in fact, invoke the memory of the Holocaust to justify their crimes.”

The last time a Holocaust drama won the Oscar for best international feature, it was Hungarian director László Nemes’ harrowing “Son of Saul,” which, like “The Zone of Interest,” was set at Auschwitz. In a statement to Variety , Nemes expressed his thoughts on Glazer’s film and speech.

“I like ‘The Zone of Interest’ very much and I think it’s an important movie,” he said. “When you make a movie like this, there is a responsibility attached to it. Glazer has clearly failed to measure this responsibility, including vis-a-vis the destruction of the European Jews. And it was appalling that the elite of cinema was applauding him for it.”

While many questions remain about Glazer’s brief speech, it does not appear as though the director plans to answer them anytime soon. 

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Entry cards are available at visit.auschwitz.org  at "online individual visit" section. 

The online tour lasts about two hours and is divided into two parts – in Auschwitz I and Birkenau. The guide's narration is conducted live. Additionally, the educator will also use multimedia materials, archival photographs, artistic works, documents, and testimonies of Survivors. Thanks to the application, interaction with the guide and asking questions is also possible.

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Xander Schauffele has the potential to win The Players Championship.

It didn’t take long to find our first winner of the season. 

While Scottie Scheffler was the overwhelming favorite last week, we shouldn’t scoff at a +650 win (+950 if you used our recommended boost on DraftKings ). 

We’ll try to keep that momentum going this week at The Players Championship. 

While this is no longer considered the fifth major, it is still the biggest tournament in the early portion of the golf schedule as the flagship event of the PGA Tour. 

TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., is one of the most iconic courses in the world. The 17th hole might be the most iconic in professional golf.

I was lucky enough to play the course a few years ago and hit the hole’s island green – on my third attempt, but it still counts. 

Designed by Pete Dye, TPC Sawgrass is a par-72 that measures 7,275 yards. It is a course where all types of golfers can contend. 

Dye’s courses tend to negate power off the tee. The average driving distance at this event last year was only 284 yards – one of the lowest marks on tour. 

The course has a combination of holes with doglegs and others that force layups. With thick rough and water hazards lurking everywhere, it’s important to keep the ball in the short grass. This is one of the rare weeks where accuracy is more important than distance. 

The greens are small (5,500 square feet) and difficult to hit on average (59% GIR rate in 2023). TPC Sawgrass keeps the emphasis on approach play. 

With respect to yardage, 40% of approach shots will come from inside 150 yards and 25% will come from at least 200 yards. This means golfers will have a lot of shots off wedges and long iron shots this week. 

A tidy short game is needed when golfers miss greens, which happens quite often at Sawgrass, especially when the wind picks up. 

This is a course where birdies and big numbers will be made in bunches. 

In general, the more water hazards there are on a course, the more variance increases. This helps explain why course history has not been predictive here over the years. You’ll notice that most of the golfers in the field have very mixed course history. 

For this week, I’m looking for golfers who fit the course well, have had success in Florida and ones who have a good track record in strong fields.

I have four outright bets on my card this week. Let’s dive into the picks. 

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Viktor Hovland is 22/1 to win The Players Championship.

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Xander schauffele 20/1.

Schauffele is not a popular pick in the betting community. He often gets labeled as a golfer who never wins, even though he has seven victories on the PGA Tour. 

He hasn’t won since 2022 (when he won back-to-back events), but has been a top-10 machine ever since. He already has four top-10 finishes this year.

If a golfer is in contention enough, he’s eventually going to break through with a win. 

Capable of scoring in every strokes-gained category, Schauffele doesn’t have a weakness in his game. He finished second at The Players in 2018. I’m betting he’ll be in the mix Sunday. 

Viktor Hovland 22/1

Hovland has not been in the best of form this season. His ball-striking hasn’t been as crisp and he’s back to struggling around the greens. 

While not ideal, he’s still one of the best ball-strikers in the field. More importantly, he’s one of the best in the world on the four Florida courses and has back-to-back top-10 finishes at The Players. 

If he’s able to have a ceiling week with his ball-striking, he won’t need to scramble very often.

The bad form has led to a bigger number in the outright market, as he would likely be in the +1500 range if he was playing a little better heading into the week. 

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Tommy Fleetwood is a long shot to win The Players Championship.

Russell Henley 45/1

In a year of long-shot winners, it’s not crazy to think Henley could contend this week. 

TPC Sawgrass requires accuracy off the tee and elite iron play. Those are the exact strengths of Henley’s game. 

He’s coming off a T-4 finish last week at Bay Hill (which wasn’t a great course fit for him) and he’s finished in the top 20 at this event in each of the last two years. 

He’s always had good hands around the green and he’s been putting well in 2024. 

Tommy Fleetwood 45/1

Fleetwood has never won on the PGA Tour. He also put a 10 on the scorecard last week at Bay Hill. 

Prior to that, however, he was in excellent form and even picked up a win in Dubai earlier this year. 

He’s a good total driver of the ball, he’s always been an excellent iron player, and he has an elite short game. 

It’s easy to see why he’s been able to play so well in Florida in his career.

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Britain's 'Zone of Interest' wins best international film Oscar

By Nichola Groom

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Britain's "The Zone of Interest," about a German officer's family living next door to the Auschwitz extermination camp during World War Two, won the Oscar for best international feature film on Sunday.

The movie centers on the commandant Rudolf Hoss and his family as they set up a life next to the Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland, where more than 1.1 million people were murdered in the largest of the concentration camps and extermination centers built by the Nazis.

Accepting the award, director Jonathan Glazer said the film, which explored the capacity for violence in all people and was shot entirely at Auschwitz, was relevant to the global conflicts happening today.

"All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say look what they did then. Rather, look what we do now," Glazer said. "Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst."

Glazer earlier made "Sexy Beast" and "Under the Skin."

The movie, based on a novel by the late Martin Amis, relies on sound, rather than on-screen violence, to convey the horror of the death camp, contrasted with the family's seemingly ordinary lives.

"The Zone of Interest," which also won the Grand Prix at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, is also nominated for best picture and best director Oscars.

Other nominees in the category were "Perfect Days" from Japan, Spain's "Society of the Snow," "The Teacher's Lounge" from Germany, and Italy's "Io Capitano."

(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Writing by Nick Zieminski; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

Director Jonathan Glazer pose alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Bad Bunny with the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for "The Zone of Interest" of United Kingdom in the Oscars photo room at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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