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Bor in the region of Lesser Poland Voivodeship is a town in Poland - some 173 mi or ( 279 km ) South-West of Warsaw , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Bor is now 10:12 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Warsaw " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Oradea, Warsaw, Budapest, Bratislava, and Ostrava. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Oradea . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Bor ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Talamasca - Tribal Journey

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Auschwitz Concentration Camp Tour Holocaust January 2006 Poland

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Full Auschwitz concentration camp with tour guide. Schindler ..


Oswiecim, Poland: Auschwitz

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The biggest and most notorious concentration camp in the Nazi regime, Auschwitz can be difficult for visitors, but victims and their families want tourists to visit. For more information on the Rick S ..

Nazi Germany concentration camp Auschwitz - Memorial

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Auschwitz (1940-1945) was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated in occupied Poland by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The people, mainly jews, not killed in t ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Wilczkowice, Oświęcim County

Wilczkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzeszcze, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres south-east of Brzeszcze, 8 km south-west of Oświęcim, and 54 km west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 333.

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Located at 49.99 19.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Villages in Oświęcim County

Brzeszcze

Brzeszcze is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, near Oświęcim. As of 2006, Brzeszcze has about 12,000 citizens. The history of the town dates back to the 15th century, and it was probably founded by Flemish settlers. Brzeszcze lies along regional roads nr. 933 and nr. 949, and its name comes from the brzost trees, which once were abundant in the Sola river valley. In the past the town was spelled Brzescie, Breszcze, Brescze, Brzeszce, and Brzesczye.

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Located at 49.98 19.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Oświęcim County

Skidziń

Skidziń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzeszcze, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres south-east of Brzeszcze, 8 km south of Oświęcim, and 54 km west of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of 750.

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Located at 49.98 19.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Villages in Oświęcim County

Block 10

During the Holocaust, Block 10 was a cellblock at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp where women and men were used as experimental subjects for German doctors. The experiments in Block 10 ranged from skin testing for reaction to relatively gentle substances to giving phenol injections to the heart for immediate dissection. Although Block 10 was in the men's camps, the experiments conducted were mostly for women. To please the “elite” prisoners, the Germans would house prostitutes in Block 10.

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Located at 50.03 19.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Auschwitz concentration camp, Nazi human subject research

Rudolf Höss

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (which can also be spelled Höß, Hoess, and even Hoeß); 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel), and from 4 May 1940 to November 1943 was the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, where it is estimated that more than a million people were murdered. Höss joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and the SS in 1934. He was hanged in 1947 following a trial in Warsaw.

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Located at 50.03 19.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1900 births, 1947 deaths, 20th-century Freikorps personnel, Auschwitz concentration camp personnel, Dachau concentration camp personnel, Executed Nazi concentration camp personnel, German anti-communists, Holocaust perpetrators, Nazi concentration camp commandants, Nazis executed in Poland, People executed by Poland by hanging, People from Baden-Baden, People from Baden-Württemberg executed by hanging, SS officers, Sachsenhausen concentration camp personnel