Auschwitz - Virtual Tour -
Auschwitz I: Directions: You may have trouble finding all of these locations. Remember to use your arrow keys to turn around at each location to see what white arrows are available. Clicking on “Camp Blocks” will take you to different blocks and give you new white arrow options. If you “get lost,” go back to the bird’s eye view and start again, trying different white arrows. You will NOT be able to go in the order these locations are listed in this activity. The “place” you were previously is usually directly behind you.
If you are still struggling to find a particular location, click “Map View” at the bottom of your screen to see examine the entire map of the camp.
Bird’s Eye View
What was this location before the Nazis took over in 1939?
How many people are thought to have died in Auschwitz AND who were those victims?
Roll Call Square
How did prisoners who were deceased (dead) participate in roll call?
Camp Blocks
Prisoners stayed in “blocks.” How many two-story blocks were there in 1942?
Approximately how many prisoners were actually kept in each block?
Camp Fence
How many prisoners escaped over the fence of Auschwitz?
Block 11: First Floor Corridor
What was the nickname for this block?
What was the job of the Sonderkommando?
Group Gallows
When did public hangings take place AND why were these people executed like this?
Camp Kitchen
Why were the Haftlingsckuche considered a “better” work detail to be assigned?
Camp Hospital
What did the prisoners call the hospital or infirmary?
Other than the gas chamber, how else were prisoners who were too sick to work killed?
Execution Wall
Where is this place where thousands were executed located?
ArbeitMacht Frei Gate
Including Auschwitz, how many camps have this same gate?
What is a theory for why the letter B is upside-down on the gate?
Auschwitz II: Birkenau
Main Gate
What change was made to the appearance of the Main Gate tower in 1944?
What was the purpose of the change?
Unloading Ramp
Describe the part of selection that took place here.
Sector BIIa
Why were the men quarantined?
How many barracks were there in the men’s quarantine?
Children’s Barracks
How many children were born in Auschwitz?
How many total children were deported to Auschwitz during the years of its operation?
How many children survived Auschwitz?
What are your thoughts/reactions to the artwork covering the walls of the children’s barracks?
Block 25 - The Death Barrack
What was Block 25 used for?
Who was mainly held here, and what were the conditions?
Main Camp Baths / Sauna Buildings
What took place in this location, regarding the selection process? What were prisoners forced to endure here?
How is this space used to commemorate the victims?
The Monument
When was the International Victims Monument unveiled?
Describe the monument and the process of its construction.
What is inscribed on the monument?
The Ruins of the Gas Chamber and Crematorium II
What type of gas was used here?
How large was the gas chamber?
How was the gas chamber and crematorium destroyed?