About 220 miles by road. Estimated journey time: 5hrs.
Prisoners first entered the Auschwitz complex by rail. One of the reasons for choosing the location was that it was close to a major rail junction.
Danzig is a German name for a city of Gdansk. Gdansk is located in the northern Poland.
Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. It closed down on January 1945 when the Soviet army entered Krakow (a large city in Poland) the Germans ordered that Auschwitz be abandoned.
Auschwitz I Stammlager, Auschwitz II Birkenau and Auschwitz III Monowitz
The Auschwitz concentration camp is located is Oswiecim, Poland. There is approximately 299 miles between Oswiecim, Poland and Gdansk, Poland.
About 220 miles by road. Estimated journey time: 5hrs.
Auschwitz was close to a coal source and major railways.
Gdansk is in Poland. It is a port city located on the Baltic coast.
Gdansk is located in Poland.
In Poland close to a city known as krakow
Gdansk is the Polish port & city also known as Danzig.
Prisoners first entered the Auschwitz complex by rail. One of the reasons for choosing the location was that it was close to a major rail junction.
A person from Gdansk is called a Gdansker or Danziger.
The Arena Gdansk in Gdansk, Poland.
Soviet Union when they liberated the camp in January 1945
People in Gdansk speak Polish, although some of the older generations may speak German as a second language.