Zone of Interest (Auschwitz)

For other uses, see The Zone of Interest.

The Zone of Interest (German: Interessengebiet) was a restricted area located around the Auschwitz concentration camp complex in German-occupied Poland from May 1941 to January 1945. The 40-square-kilometer (4,000 ha; 15 mi2; 9,900-acre) zone was reserved for the Schutzstaffel (SS) and contained Nazi Germany's largest extermination complex, including the main Auschwitz concentration camp (from which it was administered), the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, and numerous subcamps.

The Zone of Interest was patrolled by the SS, Gestapo, and local police.

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