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State of Conservation (SOC)

Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (1993)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
International Assistance granted to the property

Requests Approved: 0
Total Amount Ap proved: 0USD

Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

[Oral report by ICOMOS and the Secretariat]

Conclusion
Decision

  • Adopted

  • Draft Decision

17COMX
Link to the decision

Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Poland)

Following remarks made by the Observer of Tunisia, the Committee recommended that the Centre examines the integrity of this property inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979 and informs the next session of the Bureau.

 

No draft Decision

Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
State Party:
Poland
Date of Inscription: 1979
Nomination records (Year): 1978
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (vi)
Exports
Word File
SOC Reports (year)
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
1993
Threats*
  • Commercial development
  • Other Threats:
    Threat to the integrity of the property (not specified - supermarket project?)
Documents
WHC.93/CONF.002/14
Other Documents:
View inscribed site documents, nomination file, reports, decisions, ...
SOC ID: 1780

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.