Auschwitz Birkenau Tour with private transportation from Krakow

Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp was established in 1940 at the outskirts of Oświecim-Polish town annexed to the Third Reich (name of the town was changed to Auschwitz). Auschwitz become a symbol of genocide, terror and the holocaust. The precise number of deaths at the camp is unclear, but well over a million people were systematically killed in gas chambers, or were hanged or shot or died of disease or exhaustion. In 1947 Concentration Camp was turned into a Museum-Memorial by the Polish Parliament and in 1979 was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. During the tour groups of tourists visit the main part of the camp Auschwitz I and the camp Auschwitz II Birkenau. Itinerary: - Private transfer from Krakow - Guided tour in a group with local Auschwitz guide provided by the museum (about 2 hours) - Transfer to the Birkenau Camp - Guided group tour in Birkenau (about 1 hour) - private transfer back to Krakow