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The year 2027 marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial at the site of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. “We had no idea if we would survive or not, but there were talks about some kind of a memorial... […] we only knew that the humanity must not forget about the crimes committed in Auschwitz,” stressed in one of his interviews Kazimierz Smoleń, an Auschwitz Survivor and the second director of the Museum.

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

“Roma and Sinti. Historical Memory and the Present” is the title of an international conference that will take place at the Auschwitz Museum on 24–25 November 2026.

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

On 14 August 1941, exactly 85 years ago, Franciscan friar Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe was killed in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz. The anniversary of this event was commemorated at the Memorial. A solemn Mass was celebrated near Block 11, which housed the camp prison and where the friar was murdered.

"History, Memory and Responsibility" is the title of the English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial. It will take place from 5 to 8 October 2026 (October 5 & 8 are the arrival and departure days; tours on October 8 are optional).