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

Teachers and educators

ICEAH addresses its educational activities to teachers and educators, among others by providing numerous publications and educational materials to help deepen knowledge on the subject of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, as well as organizing numerous conferences and thematic sessions

We also help organize the stay for students in the Auschwitz Memorial Site, offering one-and two-day study visits at the Memorial Site, which includes tour and selected educational activities, such as workshops, multimedia presentations and video lectures. In addition, we support teachers in the proper preparation of young people for visit, subject to which it is worth taking advantage of the offers - preparatory lessons for a visit to the Museum. Teachers and educators also have at their disposal extensive information on the preparation, implementation and summaries of the visits, taking into account our proposed methodological studies.

There is also the possibility of support teachers and educators by making our mobile exhibitions available. They can be presented in schools and other institutions.

The Auschwitz Museum is also a place that gives teachers and their students the opportunity to engage in Voluntary activities, through which they can gain experience in the preparation and implementation of various projects, including those of an educational nature. 

Memoria Magazine no. 103

30-04-2026
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

“The Light of Remembrance” for Professor Jürgen Rüttgers

29-04-2026
Professor Jürgen Rüttgers has been awarded the “Light of Remembrance,” the highest distinction of the Auschwitz Memorial. The award was presented to him on 29 April in Düsseldorf by the Director of the Auschwitz Museum, Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński. A particularly important aspect of the laureate’s public activity has been his commitment to preserving the authenticity of the Auschwitz Memorial.

“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” will be presented at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum next year

24-04-2026
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will bring the internationally acclaimed exhibition “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” to Washington, D.C. for the first time, presenting original artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum and over 20 collections from around the world that have rarely been seen in the United States. For the first time on its tour, the exhibition will be free to the public.

Auschwitz Museum acquires the original of illustrated diary made by Survivor Alfred Kantor

23-04-2026
The Memorial has expanded its Collections with an exceptional document by Auschwitz survivor Alfred Kantor, who was deported to the camp from the Theresienstadt ghetto in late 1943. "The diary of Alfred Kantor" includes his drawings and notes, made both during his imprisonment and in the postwar period, constitute a remarkable visual testimony of the Holocaust and the experience of prisoners.

Online Visit to the Auschwitz Memorial for European Parliamentarians

17-04-2026
European parliamentarians took part on 15 April in a special online visit to the Auschwitz Memorial using the platform “Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes.” The event in Brussels was organized jointly with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation as part of the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah.
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