News
The Remembrance of Auschwitz Supplemented
23-10-2008
Additional Victims of the Nazis Identified. Staffers at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Archives have finished converting 47 thousand documents from Buchenwald Concentration Camp into digital form. The Polish Red Cross holds the original documents. The Red Cross asked the Archives to carry out the work, and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage extended financial support.
The History of Auschwitz for the Blind
23-09-2008
A New Braille Guidebook to the Museum. There are two new versions of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum guidebook: one in Braille for the blind and the other in large type for the partially sighted. The Museum makes both publications available free of charge. The project was designed at the Educational Center for Blind and Partially Sighted Children in Cracow.
A Small Matter of 200 Million Złoty ($100 Million)
07-08-2008
The preservation of the objects at the Auschwitz Museum consumes vast sums of money. There are always shortfalls. Auschwitz Museum director Piotr Cywiński warns that "the historical buildings will collapse" if funding cannot be found. From the beginning, the Polish government has covered most of the Museum's costs. But these are bare-bones appropriations. The Museum is therefore attempting to win support from other countries and international institutions. "Auschwitz is a global symbol, after all," says Cywiński.
As If I Were Arriving at the Cemetery
02-08-2008
The 64th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called "Gypsy family camp" in Birkenau. A ceremony at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site marked Romani Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 64th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called "Gypsy family camp" in the Birkenau camp. Some 300 people attended, including Roma from Poland and other countries, former Auschwitz prisoners, government officials from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum administration, and local officials.
The 64th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called "Gypsy family camp" in Birkenau
01-08-2008
A ceremony at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site marked Romani Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 64th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called "Gypsy family camp" in the Birkenau camp. Some 300 people attended, including Roma from Poland and other countries, former Auschwitz prisoners, government officials from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum administration, and local officials.
