Zone of Interest (Auschwitz)

The term Zone of Interest (German: Interessengebiet) was used by the occupying Nazi forces to describe the area around the Auschwitz concentration camp complex reserved for the Schutzstaffel (SS), subject to the administration of the main camp. The zone was created on the land confiscated around the camp, as a 40-square-kilometer (4,000 ha; 15 sq mi; 9,900-acre) zone patrolled by the SS, Gestapo, and local police.^[1]^[2]

^ Strzelecka, Irena; Setkiewicz, Piotr (2000). "The Construction, Expansion and Development of the Camp and its Branches". In Długoborski, Wacław; Piper, Franciszek (eds.). Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Vol. I: The Establishment and Organization of the Camp. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-8385047872. OCLC 874340863.
^ "Map of the Auschwitz Interest Zone". The University of British Columbia: Auschwitz Academic Guide. 2021. Archived from the original on 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

[1] Strzelecka, Irena; Setkiewicz, Piotr (2000). "The Construction, Expansion and Development of the Camp and its Branches". In Długoborski, Wacław; Piper, Franciszek (eds.). Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Vol. I: The Establishment and Organization of the Camp. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-8385047872. OCLC 874340863.

[auschwitzacademicguide-2] "Map of the Auschwitz Interest Zone". The University of British Columbia: Auschwitz Academic Guide. 2021. Archived from the original on 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

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