80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF GERMAN NAZI CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP AUSCHWITZ
27 JANUARY 2025
"Nothing will be easy about returning to Auschwitz, 80 years after I was liberated.
This commemoration will be the last of its kind. We will be there. Will you stand with us?"
Michael Bornstein, Auschwitz Survivor
On 27 January 2025, we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
The main commemoration will begin at 4.00 pm in a special tent that will be built over the gate to the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. One of the symbols of the commemoration will be a freight car that will stand directly in front of the gate.
All Auschwitz Survivors are invited to the commemoration. State delegations and delegations from institutions will also participate in the anniversary event.
The TV signal will be available to all, providing an opportunity for joint commemoration and global reflection on the significance of the events of the past. All institutions and organisations around the world are encouraged to join the commemoration by organising a space in their locations where the broadcast from the Memorial can be watched together.
On 26 and 27 January 2025, the Museum will be closed to visitors. But we will create a special open sector for those who wish to mark this special anniversary on the grounds of the Memorial on 27 January.
Until the liberation of some 7 thousand prisoners remaining at the site of the camp by soldiers of the Red Army, the German Nazis murdered approx. 1.1 million people in Auschwitz, mostly Jews, but also Poles, the Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and people of other nationalities.
We talk about the history of Auschwitz in our online lessons and our podcast "On Auschwitz." Thanks to the "Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes" platform you can take an online guided tour of the Memorial from any place in the world.
For the world today, Auschwitz is a symbol of the Holocaust and the atrocities of World War II. In 2005 the United Nations declared 27 January as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.