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New educational pack for teachers to help prepare for and reflect upon a visit to the Auschwitz Memorial

10-09-2024
Lesson scenarios for preparing for and summarising a visit to the Auschwitz Memorial Site are the main part of a new educational pack prepared by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. It is primarily addressed to teachers who plan to visit the Museum with their classes.

Employment of KL Auschwitz prisoners – new online lesson

03-09-2024
Prisoner employment in the German Nazi camp Auschwitz is the focus of a new online lesson prepared by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust. The lesson was authored by Dr. Piotr Setkiewicz, head of the Auschwitz Memorial Research Center.

Memoria Magazine no. 83

31-08-2024
'Memoria' is an online magazine dedicated to the history of Auschwitz, the Holocaust as well as memory and education around the world.

18 years at the helm of the Memorial

30-08-2024
1 September marks 18 years for Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński as the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Before this, he served for six years as the secretary of the International Auschwitz Council.

New hostel will revolutionise volunteering at Auschwitz Memorial

29-08-2024
The construction of a hostel that will primarily serve volunteers and participants of educational projects conducted at the Museum by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust has been completed.

"Sinti and Roma. Exclusion - Holocaust - Memory”. Summary of the MCEAH and WCIES methodology conference.

27-08-2024
Around 100 teachers from various parts of Poland participated in a three-day methodology conference. The conference was jointly organised by the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust (ICEAH) and the Warsaw Centre for Educational and Social Innovation (WCIES) and Training.