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The Auschwitz Museum has received a Volkswagen Caddy as a donation from Volkswagen AG and the International Auschwitz Committee. The vehicle will be helpful not only for the day-to-day maintenance of the historic site but will also support logistics and the organization of many events at the Museum.

Forty-one people from 14 countries and 34 organizations – including museums, academic institutions, memorial sites, and research centers – took part in the international seminar Rethinking Holocaust Education at the Auschwitz Memorial.

"History, Memory and Responsibility" is the title of the English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial. It will take place on 27-30 October 2024 (Oct 27 & 30 are the arrival and departure days; tours on 30 October are optional).

On 2 September, a new permanent exhibition dedicated to the fate of Poles in the German Nazi camp Auschwitz was opened in Block 15 on the grounds of the former Auschwitz I camp. It consists of two parts: “Poles in KL Auschwitz” and “In the Shadow of Death – Oświęcim during the German Occupation 1939–1945.”

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

Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan friar, was killed in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz 82 years ago on August 14, 1941. The anniversary of this event was commemorated at the Memorial. In front of Block 11, which housed the camp prison and in which the friar was murdered, a solemn Holy Mass was celebrated.