It was set up in the year 1940 (group of 728 people, Poles from Tarnów and its region, was moved by Nazis to the first transport to the concentration camp KL Auschwitz in 14th June 1940) in the suburbs of Oświęcim by the German occupying forces. Together with the neighbouring camp of Birkenau it became the biggest death camp of Hitler’s Germany. The camp entrance leads through a sinister gate with a blood curling maxim “Arbeit macht frei” (Work makes you free). In the museum located on the campsite visitors can see various exhibitions dedicated to the victims of many nationalities who perished in the camp. The infamous Death Wall where prisoners were shot can be seen next to block 11. In 1979, the former site of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.