What was the size of Auschwitz?

Answer 1

The main site at Auschwitz was over 40 square kilometres in total.

Auschwitz comprised of 3 main camps and 45 sub-camps.

Numbers of people sent to the camps are estimated to be, at least, well over a million Jews from all the countries of occupied Europe, over 140,000 Poles (mostly political prisoners), approximately 20,000 Gypsies, over 10,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and thousands of prisoners of other nationalities. The majority of the Jewish deportees died in the gas chambers immediately after arrival. The estimated total number of victims killed is 1.1 million.

The overall size including the Sub Camps is over 60 square miles, this also Include the factories near Auschwitz.

Answer 2

Auschwitz II - that is the Birkenau section of the Auschwitz complex of camps - was a little over one square mile in area. It did not need to be enormous as, from March 1942 most new arrivals were gassed as soon as practical. Birkenau also housed the women's camp.

Answer 3

The size of the 3 main Auschwitz camp is 25 square miles so an area of 625 miles

Answer 4

In 1940 it was built to accommodate about 16,000 prisoners, but it was later expanded.

Answer 5

'Zone of Intrest' was 40 km sq that would make it 430,556,416.66 sq ft or

15.44 sq mi

Answer 6

the smallest was about half a metre by half a metre, the largest could hold a couple of thousand people.

Answer 7

The size of Auschwitz was 40 sq Kilometers = 15.4441 Sq Miles. If you include all sub-camps, factories and working area then total of 60 Sq Kilometers or 23.166 Sq Miles.