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At the invitation of Andrius Kubilius, the prime minister of Lithuania, a group of experts met in Vilnius with the goal of holding a debate with the persons in the Lithuanian government responsible for the reorganization of the Memorial in Ponary.

The Arbeit macht frei sign over the historical gate of the Auschwitz I main camp has been put back together after being destroyed by thieves. Detailed analysis and expert advice enabled conservationists to restore it to almost exactly the condition it was in before the theft. Further measures will be taken to protect the inscription, which will probably be placed in the Museum exhibition in the future.

The nationwide, Polish edition of the educational project, “Auschwitz — my land. History and remembrance years later” has come to an end.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation folder "The preservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Our responsibility for future generations" has been recognized by the British D&AD (Design & Art Direction) organization as one of the best designed publications in the world.

An event in the concert hall at the Karol Szymanowski State Music School First Degree in Oświęcim featured a performance of Brundibar, an opera for children by Hans Krasa, a Czech composer of Jewish origins, with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister.

About six thousand young Jews from all over the world were joined by more than a thousand young Poles in the twentieth March of the Living, held on the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Day. At the sound of the shofar they set out from the Arbeit macht frei gate at the Auschwitz I site, as they do each year. They marched to the vicinity of the ruins of the gas chambers and crematoria at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site, where the main observances were held.