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1.95 million visitors to the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum in 2025

07-01-2026
In 2025, 1.95 million people visited the site of the Auschwitz Memorial, which represents a 7% increase compared to the previous year.

81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz - announcement

06-01-2026
On 27 January 2026, we will commemorate the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The event is held under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki.

Memoria Magazine no. 99

31-12-2025
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

“Ecce Homo – The Person and the Face” - portraits of Auschwitz prisoners interpreted by Artur Kapturski

30-12-2025
“Ecce Homo – The Person and the Face” is the title of an exhibition by Dr. Artur Kapturski, opened at the Auschwitz Museum hostel. The exhibition presents over 650 oil paintings, portraits of prisoners of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The works are based on preserved registration photographs from the Museum Archives.

Webinar "Auschwitz: Holocaust and the Memory of the Victims - 22 January 2026

30-12-2025
The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust invites you to a webinar titled “Auschwitz: Holocaust and the Memory of the Victims”, which will take place on 22 January. The webinar will be held on the Zoom platform and will be simultaneously translated into English.

Prussian Blue: Yishai Jusidman's cycle of paintings at a new temporary exhibition at the Auschwitz Museum

30-12-2025
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.