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$1,250,000 for the Education Center

We wrote recently about the Grand Circle Foundation. Its chairman, Allan Lewis, visited the Museum on June 21 and signed a letter of intent for $1,250,000 in aid to the Museum, earmarked for adapting the "Old Theater" building for use by the Education Center. The funds will be transferred over a period of five years following the formal handover of the building to the Museum.

During the war, the concentration camp used the building for storage. The contemplative order of Discalced Carmelite Sisters used the structure from 1984 to 1993. Later the War Victims Association leased the premises. In March 2002, the Regional Court in Oświęcim ordered the Association to turn the building over to the Polish state.