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European Memorial Sites: Core Declaration

15-07-2026
Below we publish the text of a joint declaration signed by 32 European Memorial Sites connected with crimes committed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the Second World War.

Exceptional collection of camp letters written by physician Jan Nowak donated to the Auschwitz Museum Archives

14-07-2026
A collection of letters and documents related to Jan Nowak, a physician from Kraków who, as a prisoner of German Nazi concentration camps, worked in camp hospitals and helped other prisoners, has been donated to the Auschwitz Museum Archives. The documents, including a letter sent from the camp and seven letters sent to the camp by his relatives, were donated on 11 July by Marek Trybulski, owner of the Kraków Numismatic Salon.

"Block 10": the first feature film to use our Virtual Film Location project

10-07-2026
Na Festiwalu Filmowym w Monachium 3 lipca odbyła się światowa premiera filmu fabularnego „Blok 10” w reżyserii Marcusa O. Rosenmüllera, według scenariusza dr Alice Brauner. To pierwsza produkcja, w której wykorzystano nowy projekt Muzeum „Picture from Auschwitz”, wirtualną lokację filmową, która ma służyć twórcom do jak najwierniejszego opowiadania o historii niemieckiego nazistowskiego obozu koncentracyjnego i zagłady Auschwitz.

European Funds for the Auschwitz Museum

09-07-2026
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for funding the project “Increasing access to cultural resources through the conservation and protection of historic structures and the renovation and expansion of the infrastructure of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.” The entire undertaking is being carried out under the European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate and Environment 2021–2027 programme.

Memoria Magazine no. 105

30-06-2026
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

7th International Conference: Medical Review - Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire". 6-8 October 2026

28-06-2026
The international conference Medical Review Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire, will take place on 6 –8 October 2026 in Kraków, Poland. The Auschwitz Memorial is one of the partners of the event.