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Auschwitz Tour Starting from Krakow
Our agency specializes in arranging Auschwitz tours departing from Krakow. Only licensed drivers work with us. Our air-conditioned, comfortable vans can be ideal for transporting you. Tours of all kinds are offered in the Krakow and Malopolska regions.



Millions of tourists from around the globe visit Krakow's Auschwitz Birkenau Museum. They are there to remember one of history's most horrendous governments, national socialism.



Auschwitz is a trip that takes visitors back to the beginning of World War II. It's an emotional journey through the most darkest times in human history. tours to Auschwitz were the ones responsible for the extermination of Jews as well as other "worse", nationalities. Each visitor leaves Auschwitz with an ostracism. Looking at the watchtowers and gas chambers and the death block, shows how many people lost their lives in the hands of the Nazi regime. Many innocent victims were taken to Auschwitz due to their birthplaces into families with a political stance.




The ideal time to go on the Auschwitz Tour and quietly meditate is during the autumn or early spring in the spring when there aren't many people yet. While summer is a very popular time to visit Krakow as well as the concentration camps it is not recommended for tourists who want to enjoy an intimate experience. Auschwitz is extremely crowded during this time of the year.



Auschwitz was the first Nazi German concentration camp founded in the occupied Poland and also the largest of the camps erected by the Hitler's regime. It was constructed because of the overcrowding problem in Polish prisons which were home to Polish criminals who were detained by German authorities. Nearly 10,000 Poles were expelled in the nearby villages during construction. At first, Auschwitz was not planned as a significant camp in the Nazi terror system, but soon it became the largest point for the elimination of Jews. The camp was a government-controlled institution, financed by the country's budget. Auschwitz consisted of three distinct parts during 1944. Auschwitz I contained 16,000 prisoners; Auschwitz II- Birkenau wherein were one of the biggest gas chambers and housed 90,000 prisoners. Then there was Auschwitz IIIwhich was Monowitz with 10,000 prisoners. Numerous smaller sub-camps had more than 20,000 prisoners, offering free labor for the main camp.




In late 1944, the Germans began to destroy evidence that proved their crimes. They burned files, destroyed gas chambers, and set fire to depots that contained property that was left behind. In the beginning of January 1945, units of the Soviet Red Army approached Oswiecim. Germans as part of efforts to transfer prisoners to concentration camps within the Third Reich, organized the Death March of 56,000 prisoners. Nearly 10,000 were killed during the journey. At the end January the camp was finally liberated. Just 7,500 sick and exhausted inmates were left.

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