eventually incorporated into
Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First
Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia.
After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was
annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After annexation by
Germany the village was chosen as the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz
II) German Nazi death camp, whose remains exist along with Auschwitz I as state
museums to commemorate the victims of Nazism and the Holocaust. After the war
it was restored to Poland.
On 1 April 2007 Brzezinka was featured on The
Amazing Race: All-Stars
