
Auschwitz Jewish Center
museum · OświęcimThe Auschwitz Jewish Center in the centre of Oświęcim comprises the Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue, built around 1913 and the only one of the town's 20 synagogues to survive, and a Jewish museum in the former Kornreich family house. Reopened in 2000, it tells the history of the Jewish community that made up close to 60 percent of the pre-war town.