From Kracow: Auschwitz Complex Alternative Tour

This guided alternative Auschwitz tour from Krakow in Poland offers a powerful exploration of lesser-known sites connected to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. With comfortable transportation provided from central Krakow, you’ll journey beyond the familiar grounds of Auschwitz I and II-Birkenau to discover deeply significant memorials and historical locations.

Your experience begins with a visit to the memorial dedicated to the final victims of Auschwitz and a mass grave commemorating 700 prisoners executed during the camp’s evacuation in January 1945. You’ll then explore the site known as the camp extension, where new SS barracks and the last women’s camp were located, and where the camp’s final public execution took place.

The tour continues with stops at pivotal locations that shaped the history of Auschwitz, including the first crematorium and gas chamber, the former villa of the camp commandant, and the gravel pits—sites of punishment and execution for clergy and Polish intellectuals. Additional highlights include the pre-war theater later used to store Zyklon B, the Polish Ramp which served as the initial prisoner transport platform, and the Old Jewish Ramp, the primary selection site for European Jews.

You’ll gain insight into the Nazi plans for the area by examining maps and 1944 aerial photographs, and visit chilling sites in Birkenau such as the Death Gate, the main SS barracks, and the extermination zone, which includes Bunker 1 and Bunker 2, the ruins of dressing rooms, and a cemetery of Soviet prisoners of war.

The final part of your journey includes the Sauna building, where prisoners were disinfected and belongings processed, before ending at the memorial to the victims of Auschwitz-Monowitz (Auschwitz III). This tour provides a profound, broader understanding of the Auschwitz system. Secure your place now for this eye-opening and essential historical experience—availability is limited!