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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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“Picture from Auschwitz” - a digital replica of the historical site created for filmmakers

16-05-2025
The Auschwitz Memorial together with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and leading figures from the European film industry, announced at Cannes Film Festival on 15 May the launch of Picture from Auschwitz — a pioneering project that will deliver an authentic 1:1 digital replica of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp available for filmmakers. Details are available at film.auschwitz.org.

41st session of the International Auschwitz Council

15-05-2025
On 13-14 May 2025, the 41st session of the International Auschwitz Council took place in Warsaw and Treblinka, chaired by Professor Dariusz Stola.

Webinar: functionary prisoners in KL Auschwitz - 28 May 2025

07-05-2025
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to participate in a webinar titled "Functionary Prisoners in KL Auschwitz." The webinar will take place on 28 May 2025 on the Zoom platform and will be translated into English.

Memoria Magazine no. 91

30-04-2025
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

32nd March of the Living

24-04-2025
On 24 April 2025, the 32nd March of the Living took place on the grounds of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. Leading the approximately 8,000 participants was a group of around 80 Survivors of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, as well as the Presidents of Poland and Israel: Andrzej Duda and Isaac Herzog.
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