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MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

Library - Online Catalogue

The Museum library holdings comprise approximately 50 thousand volumes and 2.5 thousand periodicals devoted to the history of the Second World War, the Third Reich, the occupation, and the fate of victims in prisons and concentration camps, with special attention to the history of Auschwitz. The library resources also include dozens of maps.

The book collection

The books in the collection, in many languages, consist above all of published original sources and scholarly studies, but also include literary works (memoirs, novels, short stories, poems, and even plays). The library also has a collection of German publications (books and periodicals) from the Third Reich period (“Hitleriana”). These books deal mainly with political and social issues in Nazi Germany.

Using the library

The library collections are intended for the use of the Museum research staff, historians from Poland and other countries, students, journalists, and teachers. Museum employees can borrow items, while people from outside the Museum can use them in the reading room (6 desks and 2 computer workstations). The libraries can also order books from other libraries through inter-library loan.

Hours

From Monday to Friday 7:30-14.30

On-line catalogue

Click the link to access the on-line catalogue of the library.

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Memoria Magazine no. 109

30-10-2026
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

10-episodes Podcast Cycle: "Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human"

26-10-2026
The book ‘Auschwitz. A Monograph on the Human’ by the Auschwitz Museum Director Dr Piotr M. A. Cywiński is the first attempt on such a scale anywhere in the world to explore in such depth the human emotions experienced within the camp. Ten chapters from the book are now being released as a podcast series.

Historical Documents Linked to WW2 Transferred to Memorial Institutions with the Support of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

23-10-2026
On 23 October, a ceremony was held at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw to transfer historical documents related, among other subjects, to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and German Nazi concentration camps. The documents were secured by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation through international cooperation following the cancellation of a controversial auction in Germany in November last year.

44th Session of the International Auschwitz Council

22-10-2026
On 21 October 2026, the 44th meeting of the International Auschwitz Council was held at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw. Among those attending was Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Cienkowska. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Dariusz Stola.

16. meeting of the International Committee of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

16-10-2026
15 października w Kancelarii Prezesa Rady Ministrów w Warszawie odbyło się 16. posiedzenie Komitetu Międzynarodowego Fundacji Auschwitz-Birkenau, w którym udział wzięli przedstawiciele państw wspierających działania Fundacji na rzecz zachowania Miejsca Pamięci Auschwitz. Spotkaniu przewodniczył Marek Zając, przewodniczący Rady Fundacji. W posiedzeniu po raz pierwszy uczestniczyli nowi członkowie Komitetu reprezentujący Czarnogórę oraz Macedonię Północną.
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