Auschwitz I

The main focus of the first day of the trip was a guided tour of the former Nazi Concentration and Death Camp at Auschwitz. Auschwitz is located just over an hour’s drive from the city of Krakow, and consists of two main sites. The solid brick buildings at the first site, Auschwitz I, housed the main administrative areas of the camp, as well as the camp kitchen, infirmary blocks, punishment block and lodgings for those who were identified as being fit for work, mostly at hard labour tasks in the camp and surrounding area. The site originally housed a Polish Army barracks, which was converted for use by the Nazis.