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The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created by an act of the Polish parliament on
July 2, 1947, and includes the grounds of two extant parts of the Auschwitz I and
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camps. The Museum grounds cover 191 hectares,
of which 20 are at Auschwitz I and 171 at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. On the museum
grounds stand several hundred camp buildings and ruins, including the ruins of
the gas chambers and crematoria, over a dozen kilometers of camp fence, camp roads,
and the railroad spur ("ramp") at Birkenau. In 1979, the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau
concentration camp was entered on the UNESCO international list of world heritage sites.
As early as 1947, the first exhibition, expanded in 1950, was opened in several camp
blocks at the Auschwitz I concentration camp site. It presented the history of
extermination and the conditions in which the prisoners lived. A new exhibition was
opened in 1955. With some changes, it is still in use today. After 1960, some of the
camp blocks contained the so-called "national exhibitions," created at the initiative
of former prisoners from various countries who are associated in the International
Auschwitz Committee. They primarily portray the fate of the citizens of those countries
who were deported by the Nazis in transports to Auschwitz concentration camp.
source:http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/history-of-the-memorial/memorial-timeline/
For more see MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU