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Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz Memorial, has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour in the rank of Officer. The Legion of Honour is the highest state distinction of the French Republic. The ceremony took place on 20 November at the Residence of the Ambassador of France in Warsaw.

On 18 and 19 November, the 42nd Session of the International Auschwitz Council, chaired by Prof. Dariusz Stola, was held at the Auschwitz Memorial. Council members were able to view the nearly completed first of three parts of the New Main Exhibition, which will soon be made available to Museum visitors.

Polish Television will produce the television signal and broadcast the commemorations of the upcoming anniversaries of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in the years 2026–2030. The agreement was signed on 19 November by Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and Tomasz Sygut, Director General of TVP. The signing took place at the Auschwitz Museum during a session of the International Auschwitz Council, in the presence of Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marek Krawczyk.

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to the webinar “The SS Garrion in KL Auschwitz.” It will take place on 3 December 2025 on the Zoom platform and will be simultaneously translated into English.

Starting from October 9, the Auschwitz Museum hosts an exhibition of the Prussian Blue painting series by the artist Yishai Jusidman. This is the first large-scale contemporary art exhibition at the Museum. Nearly 50 works, which have not yet been displayed in Europe, are displayed in the rooms of Block 21 at the former Auschwitz I camp.

According to Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz Memorial, the vast cemetery that Auschwitz represents should not become a space for politics during the anniversary of its liberation. He stated in an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that without the voices of Survivors, the threat of politicisation would hang over the commemoration. He added that he would like political leaders to stand in silence during the ceremony.