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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 30 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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New educational pack for teachers to help prepare for and reflect upon a visit to the Auschwitz Memorial

10-09-2024
Lesson scenarios for preparing for and summarising a visit to the Auschwitz Memorial Site are the main part of a new educational pack prepared by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. It is primarily addressed to teachers who plan to visit the Museum with their classes.

Employment of KL Auschwitz prisoners – new online lesson

03-09-2024
Prisoner employment in the German Nazi camp Auschwitz is the focus of a new online lesson prepared by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. The lesson was authored by Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz, head of the Auschwitz Memorial Research Center.

Memoria Magazine no. 83

31-08-2024
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

18 years at the helm of the Memorial

30-08-2024
1 September marks 18 years for Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński as the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Before this, he served for six years as the secretary of the International Auschwitz Council.

New hostel will revolutionise volunteering at Auschwitz Memorial

29-08-2024
The construction of a hostel that will primarily serve volunteers and participants of educational projects conducted at the Museum by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust has been completed.
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