Multimedia presentations
The multimedia presentations show individual prisoners and their fates, as well as selected aspects of the camp operation. The presentations show archival documents, photos, items and post-camp facilities. The classes are ended with a recapitulation and a discussion. They are intended for school youth (middle school pupils and high school pupils).
Duration: 1.5 h
Language: Polish and German
Cost: PLN 320 in foreign language.
Contact:
Visitor Services
Marta Ortman, Barbara Gębołyś-Warmbier, Katarzyna Bisaga
e-mail: study.visits@auschwitz.org
tel. (+48) 33 844 8096 lub (+48) 33 844 8101
Escapes from KL Auschwitz
The multimedia presentation focuses on the subject of prisoner escapes from Auschwitz in the broader context of the camp reality. We will first focus on the conditions under which escape attempts were made and look at the camp security system and the repressive measures employed by the camp crew against escapees, their families and other camp prisoners. The presentation will also look at statistics on escape attempts and describe the courses of several selected escapes. To sum up the topic, participants will reflect on the factors facilitating escapes and the dilemmas that accompanied the escapees.
Languages: Polish, English, German
Children in KL Auschwitz
The topic of children and adolescents in Auschwitz will be discussed in as comprehensive a manner as possible, beyond the strictly historical and factual domain. The presentation itself will be divided into "thematic blocks", corresponding to the three areas that it affects simultaneously: knowledge, skills, attitudes. In so doing, it will be possible to achieve a broad range of objectives and the lecture itself will not be reduced to a mere historical lecture with a multitude of presented facts. By discussing certain themes in a contemporary context, the topic will become much closer and more understandable for the participants, also affecting their emotional sphere and attitudes.
Languages: Polish, English, German
Women in KL Auschwitz
The presentation permits the broadest possible discussion of the fate of women in KL Auschwitz, taking into account anthropological, cultural, biological and even psychological aspects. Participants will learn about the basic elements of the fate of female prisoners through the testimonies of witnesses (primarily female prisoners of Auschwitz) in video form. Moreover, they will learn about issues not covered during standard tours of the Memorial, such as prisoner self-help, the resistance movement, the fate of pregnant women, SS Aufseherin and block leaders, and the brothel in Auschwitz.
Languages: Polish, English, German
Medical Experiments in KL Auschwitz
Upon the Nazis' rise to power, German medicine was one of the best developed in the world. It significantly influenced the shape of academic medicine and clinical practice in other countries. However, despite its prominence, it was caught up in Nazi ideology and subsequently devolved into conceptualising and promoting racial and social agendas. The medical profession differs from other professions because of its obvious ethical commitments, its humane approach and the nearly 2,000-year-old Hippocratic Oath, which places the patient first. Notwithstanding the above, cruel medical experiments were carried out on prisoners in KL Auschwitz. They were deemed "unworthy of life". Aside from the apparent trauma caused by the experiences of war, survivors also had to deal with the consequences of these experiences.
Languages: Polish, English, German
Auschwitz did not fall from the sky
The creation and operation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz was part of the broader policy of the totalitarian state - the Third Reich. This presentation provides the historical and political context behind the NSDAP's racist and exterminatory policies both in the Third Reich and in the annexed and occupied territories. The presentation is recommended as preparation material for a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.
Language: Polish, English, German
The clergy in KL Auschwitz
The workshop addresses various aspects of the lives of Christian prisoners of Auschwitz, including the clergy, as well as the clandestine nature of their religious practices and punishments they faced for the slightest manifestation of religiousness. Nevertheless, many of them treated their religious experience as a psychological support, a source of consolation and hope, and a factor fostering prisoner solidarity and moral opposition to evil.
Language: Polish, English
To preserve for posterity. Conservation works and challenges at the Memorial.
This multimedia presentation is intended to acquaint participants with the most important aspects and challenges of work in the conservation studios of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial.
Languages: Polish, English, German
The role and significance of art in KL Auschwitz
The goal of the multimedia presentation is to provide the audience with an insight into the artistic works of Auschwitz prisoners. The presenter shows selected works of art by prisoners regarded as a historical document. They primarily consist of paintings, graphic works, sculptures, and utilitarian objects created on orders from the camp authorities, for the needs of the camp, and on private commissions from SS men during the camp's existence. An extremely interesting category are works made illegally by prisoners. It discusses the circumstances in which these works were created and the significance of art in the camp's conditions of existence. The presentation also features works created after liberation by artists - former prisoners, witnesses of the events portrayed in the paintings, and contemporary artists inspired by Holocaust themes.
Languages: Polish, English, German