Auschwitz Guided Tour 2025
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Tour | WWII history & Holocaust remembrance | Small group
About Auschwitz Guided Tour
Auschwitz Guided Tour allows you to visit the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum. This was the site of the most infamous concentration camp of World War II, where more than a million people, mostly Jews, lost their lives. You will see prisoner barracks, gas chambers, and a museum dedicated to its victims. Learn about the significance of this somber place in the company of local guides.
When you book guided tours of Auschwitz and Birkenau camps, you don't need to stand in lines for tickets. This gives you more time to learn about the darkest chapter in World War II history.
On the Auschwitz guided tour, you'll visit the horrific place that still haunts the popular imagination. Enter one of the most sinister places ever built and learn more about the evils of the Nazi regime and their plans to subjugate and exterminate entire nations.
On the second part of the Auschwitz Guided Tour you will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. As you walk through the prisoner barracks and gas chambers where 1.2 million people lost their lives, learn about macabre plans made by the Nazi regime to exterminate the entire Jewish nation.
To help you better understand the atrocities that happened in the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps, you will be accompanied by a knowledgeable local guide. You can book the Auschwitz Guided Tour in French, German, and English.
If you change your mind and wish to cancel the Auschwitz Guided Tour, you may do so and get a full refund. Just let us know at least 24 hours in advance!
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An eye-opening guided tour of Auschwitz
In German schools we learn a lot about the Holocaust and evils of the Nazi regime, but I had to come and see with my own eyes. As I walked through the bleak prisoner barracks and the horrific gas chambers, I kept thinking about all the innocent people who lost their lives. Guided tours of Auschwitz such as this one are an eye-opening experience that stays with you forever.
Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial is a sad but an important place
I've lost many relatives in the Auschwitz Birkenau camps. I advise everyone and anyone who is not familiar with the story of Holocaust to book the Auschwitz Guided Tour. Walking on your own you may miss some of the details about the history of Auschwitz an experienced guide would surely point out. This is a sad place but an important one!
DESCRIPTION
Auschwitz Guided Tour
- Pre-booked tickets for Auschwitz I
- Skip-the-line tickets to Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Transportation between Auschwitz and Birkenau camps
- Local host at the meeting point
- Official museum guide
- Headset to hear the guide better
- Lunch box with 2 bread roll sandwiches (meat, vegetarian, or vegan), apple, banana, dark chocolate wafer, 500ml still water (if option selected)
GUIDED TOUR OF AUSCHWITZ I
Follow your local guide on the first part of the Auschwitz guided tour. As you pass under the infamous „Arbeit Macht Frei“ („Work will set you free“) sign, your guide will explain the cynical meaning behind this phrase. The next thing you'll see are rows of brick buildings. Some were administrative buildings for the SS officers who were in charge of Auschwitz, and some were workshops where prisoners worked as slave labor. However, most were prisoner barracks that initially held Poles who defied the Nazi regime, Soviet prisoners of war, and later ethnic Jews. These buildings were named „Blocks", and each had its own number. Prisoners lived here in cramped conditions and without basic hygiene, resulting in disease and a high mortality rate. Your tour guide will tell you more about the horrific treatment of prisoners and the history of Auschwitz.
THE TERRIFYING GAS CHAMBERS OF „BLOCK 11“
During the Auschwitz guided tour, you will pass by the most terrifying „Block 11", also known as the „Death Block". Here Nazi scientists first experimented with the use of poison gas known as Zyklon B. They would later use it in mass killings in another death camp - the Auschwitz II Birkenau camp. Did you know that Auschwitz II Birkenau camp was actually ten times bigger than the initial Auschwitz I? As World War II progressed and Nazi Germany conquered most of Europe, another camp was built not far from the first one - the infamous extermination camp Auschwitz II Birkenau.
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU MEMORIAL
After a 10-minute drive by bus, you will arrive at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. The museum was created shortly after World War II and holds important documents, photographs, and artifacts that bear witness to the suffering of Jewish prisoners. Follow your guide through the exhibition with an in-depth explanation of the daily life and death that took place here from 1942-1945. Unlike Auschwitz I, which was planned as a concentration camp, Auschwitz II Birkenau was intended as an extermination camp on a horrific industrial scale. The vast majority of victims were Jews who were brought in by special cargo trains. Once they reached the camp, they were led straight to the gas chambers. It is estimated that more than a million Jews and peoples of other ethnic groups met their end in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps.
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Did anyone escape the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps?
During the Auschwitz Guided Tour, you will hear many tragic stories of human suffering, but did you know that there were some prisoners who managed to escape the infamous extermination camp?
One such example is the escape of two Slovak Jews, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, who managed this almost impossible feat against all odds. They planned it for months, gathering information and observing which parts of the Auschwitz camp were less likely to be monitored. On April 7, 1944, they hid under the woodpile planks, where they remained for three days undetected by guards and their dogs. When the search was called off, they escaped unnoticed and traveled more than 100 kilometers on foot. After they reached Slovakia, they composed a detailed account about the Auschwitz atrocities, which made its way to the rest of Europe and the US. The Vrba-Wetzler report helped to save the lives of 200 000 Hungarian Jews by halting their deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau camps!
On the Auschwitz Guided Tour, you will learn more heroic stories of people who managed to escape and survive the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau camps!
Good to know before you go
- Visitors are required to have an ID card or a passport.
- Auschwitz Guided Tour includes a "reserve now and pay" later option! We also have the free cancellation policy if you happen to change your mind.
- Please note that every Auschwitz ticket, including the one provided with this guided tour, allows entry to each part of the memorial only once.
- Auschwitz is a place of deep historical importance and reflection, so make sure you're fully prepared by reading our tips for visiting the Auschwitz.
Meeting Point
The meeting point is marked by a logo board on the main building.
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FAQ - Auschwitz Guided Tour
What are the benefits of guided tours of Auschwitz compared to an individual visit?
When you book the Auschwitz Guided Tour, you will be accompanied by a local guide. They will show you parts of the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps that you would probably miss by yourself. Also, they will tell you many stories of human tragedy but also heroism and a will to persevere. For even more benefits, compared to both individual and standard guided tours, the Auschwitz Private Tour offers a fully personal, one-on-one experience. Your guide adapts the pace, focuses on your interests, and answers all your questions along the way.Is there a dress code for visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site?
There is no specific dress code when visiting Auschwitz and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. However, visitors are encouraged to dress respectfully and modestly. Also, jeans and t-shirts are considered acceptable, so long as they’re not overly revealing or feature offensive slogans.Are there toilets in Auschwitz?
Yes, there are toilets available in Auschwitz. They're located in main buildings (both Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau).Is it possible to visit Auschwitz from Krakow?
Yes, among our Auschwitz tours, a top choice for visitors is the Auschwitz Tour from Krakow, which offers the easiest and most efficient way to travel from Krakow to Auschwitz and back, all in one day. If you're staying in other cities, you don’t need to travel to Krakow first. For example, the Auschwitz Tour from Katowice is perfect if you're arriving by plane or staying nearby, since the camp is just an hour away. From the capital, you can join the Warsaw to Auschwitz Tour, and if you're coming from the west, there’s also the Wroclaw to Auschwitz Tour. Even if you're visiting Prague in the Czech Republic, our Auschwitz Tour from Prague allows you to safely and comfortably visit this important historical site in just one day.What else can I see while I'm in Krakow besides Auschwitz?
The top-rated experience among visitors is the Schindler’s Factory Tour, where you’ll learn about life in Nazi-occupied Krakow and the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler. Just outside the city are the world-famous salt mines, known for their underground chapels, chambers, and tunnels, which is why many travelers choose the Salt Mine and Auschwitz Tour to visit both sites in one well-organized day.Book now!
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