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The latest seminar on The Memory of Auschwitz and Its Meaning for Poles and Jews has begun. Twenty-two educators from Israel are attending, mostly employees of the Yad Vashem Memorial Institute in Jerusalem, but also including leader/guides of the Israeli youth groups that visit Poland.

The International Auschwitz Council held its 14th session at the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim on July 4-5. Director Piotr M. A. Cywiński opened the meeting with a report on the operations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum from January to June 2007

Once again, teachers interested in the Holocaust are taking part in an intensive five-day program on this difficult subject. The Second “Teaching the Holocaust” Summer School, from July 2-6, 2007, follows up on the success of last year’s course and reflects the undiminished interest in the theme.

On the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, we have gathered for an international conference on Remembrance, Awareness, and Responsibility.

Three exhibitions will form part of the ceremonies connected with the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Museum at the site of the Nazi German Auschwitz I camp

At a ceremony in the Preservation Workshops on Sunday, July 1, Director Piotr M. A. Cywiński, representing the Museum, and Premier Jürgen Rütgers, representing the German Federal Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, signed the contract for the conservation of Auschwitz SS-Hygiene Institute records from the Museum Archives.