Taking a closer look at Osiek, a village located a few kilometers from the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex, and the city of Oświęcim, allows for a description and analysis of complex and convoluted situations of people who live in the vicinity of places of memory. Andrzej Kacorzyk's story of his father's life, published in 2022 provides an interesting insight into the multilayered relations between neighbours and neighbourhoods in this area.