Krzyż Oświęcimski
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The Krzyż Oświęcimski (Auschwitz Cross) instituted on March 14, 1985, was a Polish decoration, awarded to honour inmates of German concentration camps and not only those interned in Auschwitz (the Polish name of Auschwitz is Oświęcim).
It was awarded generally to Poles, but it was possible to award it to foreigners in special cases. It could be awarded posthumously. It ceased to be awarded in 1999.
The Cross is a silver Greek cross with wide arms, 42 x 42 mm. Obverse shows barbed wire and camp poles; the year 1939 on the left, 1945 - on the right arm. In the center there is a red enameled triangle with the letter P, as worn by Polish nationals imprisoned in the camps. The reverse bears the inscription "PRL / WIĘŹNIOM / HITLEROWSKICH / OBOZÓW KONCENTRACYJNYCH" (People's Republic of Poland to prisoners of Nazi concentration camps).
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