1980-1989

1980

opening of the Italian national exhibition.
opening of the Hungarian national exhibition.
opening of the Dutch national exhibition;
opening of the "Auschwitz Concentration Camp" exhibition in London;
opening of the "Art by Auschwitz Prisoners" exhibition in Nuremberg and subsequently in six other West German cities;
opening of the "Children during the Occupation Period" exhibition at Sachsenhausen.

1981

discovery at the Birkenau site of the notes of Greek Sonderkommando member Marcel Nadjari.

1982

opening in Holland and Sweden of the "Testimony of Suffering and Hope" exhibition.

1983

the mayor of the City of Oswiecim and the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum issue a joint "Program for Work Connected with the Utilization of the Areas Adjacent to the Museum," which is accepted by the city council and implemented over the following years.
report by an Auschwitz Preservation Society commission of technical experts on
"Problems in Meeting the Preservation and Functional Needs of the Grounds and Buildings of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum," proposing that the Museum grounds be expanded and surrounded by a 10-meter green belt.
opening in Japan of the "Tragedy of Auschwitz Concentration Camp" travelling exhibition.
opening in Japan of the "Defenders of Peace Talk about War" exhibition.

1984-1987

work by the Silesian Polytechnic on a report on "The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Buffer Zone," commissioned by the Oswiecim municipal government.

1985

more than 500 entries arrive from around the world in the "Auschwitz Warns and Remembers" poster design competition.
opening of the new Soviet national exhibition.
opening of the Polish national exhibition.
opening of the "Auschwitz: A Crime Against Humanity" exhibition at UN Headquarters in New York; this exhibition is shown twice at the UN as well as in many cities in the USA and in Europe.

1987

1989