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Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
Closed 1945Low
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Background
The Gypsy family camp (German: Zigeunerfamilienlager) was Section B-IIe of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, where Romani families deported to the camp were held together, instead of being separated as was typical at Auschwitz.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1943
Closed 1945
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1943
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Josef/Józef Pawlak1919–1942
- Hans Dankner1908–1945 · politician
- BronisÅaw Niewielski1915–1942
- Maurice Honel1903–1977 · politician
- Edmund Jankowski1915
- Friedrich Alexander1898–1942
- Herta Mannheimer1891–1943 · politician
- Andrzej Kierzkowski1921–1945
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7341)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Zigeunerlager Auschwitz. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/zigeunerlager-auschwitz
Chicago
"Zigeunerlager Auschwitz." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/zigeunerlager-auschwitz.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-zigeunerlager-auschwitz,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Zigeunerlager Auschwitz},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/zigeunerlager-auschwitz},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}