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The Auschwitz Memorial Commemorates the 65th Anniversary of the Death Marches
19-01-2010
A group of Auschwitz Memorial historians commemorated the tragic events that took place 65 years ago, during the Marches of Death in the second half of January 1945. They placed flowers and lighted candles in Brzeszcze, Pszczyna, Brzeźce, Pawłowice, Jastrzębia, Wodzisław, Świerklany, Żory, Suszc, and Bieruń Stary.
12th English language issue of Oś — the Auschwitz Memorial Magazine
18-01-2010
Here is the 20th issue of the monthly Oś Oświęcim—People—History—Culture and the 12th translated into English. In this issue, we cover a far more important anniversary—at the end of November, the prominent graphic artist Paweł Warchoł celebrated a quarter century as a professional artist. We carry a report on the special gala held to mark the occasion at the International Youth Meeting Center.
Continuation of the Story of the Letter in a Bottle
13-01-2010
The director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński, presented the rector of the State Higher Vocational School in Oświęcim, Prof. Lucjan Suchanek, with a copy of the letter found on the campus last May. During the war, prisoners built an air-raid shelter there. On September 20, 1944, they walled in the bottle containing a letter to which they affixed their names.
The attendance record — 1,3 million visitors at Auschwitz Memorial in 2009
03-01-2010
1,3 million people from all around the world have visited the Auschwitz Memorial in 2009. This is the record in the 62-year history of the Museum. It’s very important that the majority of visitors are young people—pupils and students. There were over 821 thousand of them—that is 120 thousand more than in 2008. Auschwitz Memorial have been the most visited Museum in Poland for a number of years.
New English language edition of Oś — the Auschwitz Memorial magazine
31-12-2009
On the platform of the railroad spur built inside the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in the spring of 1944, German SS doctors carried out the selection of the thousands of Jews who arrived each day in boxcars. Previously, trains stopped at the socalled Altejudenrampe located at the old freight station between the two camps. Since 2005, two original train cars at the old ramp, or unloading platform, have served as reminders of the tragedy of deportation. In October, a historical German freight car was placed at the ramp in Birkenau. You can read a short article about that event in Oś, and our cover shows what that place now looks like.
